Ian Myers

very familiar with using a huge suite of online technologies and working in a fully remote environment, it's incredibly difficult to adjust. And that does affect their ability to do well in oceans.

very familiar with using a huge suite of online technologies and working in a fully remote environment, it's incredibly difficult to adjust. And that does affect their ability to do well in oceans.

Yeah, as a default, we don't entertain preferences. People don't get to come to us and say, look, I want this gender or that gender. I want this type of thing or that type of thing. They come to us with a job description and we provide talented individuals who are capable of filling that job description now.

Yeah, as a default, we don't entertain preferences. People don't get to come to us and say, look, I want this gender or that gender. I want this type of thing or that type of thing. They come to us with a job description and we provide talented individuals who are capable of filling that job description now.

They might come with a years of experience preference, and I think that is legitimate because it allows for an approximation of knowledge and skills that no other metric can really capture. That being said, we might say, look, I know you asked for eight years of experience, but here's someone with four who should really be able to do this job, and that's the person we will present.

They might come with a years of experience preference, and I think that is legitimate because it allows for an approximation of knowledge and skills that no other metric can really capture. That being said, we might say, look, I know you asked for eight years of experience, but here's someone with four who should really be able to do this job, and that's the person we will present.

I would say, first of all, I was incredibly privileged to be able to just go to school to study literature because I like literature. I don't think a lot of people have that option. And so if you can do that, great. If you can't, which I think is most people, they're really thinking about what is going to pay my bills because college is so expensive.

I would say, first of all, I was incredibly privileged to be able to just go to school to study literature because I like literature. I don't think a lot of people have that option. And so if you can do that, great. If you can't, which I think is most people, they're really thinking about what is going to pay my bills because college is so expensive.

To your international listeners, they may not be familiar with this problem. It is a definitively United States issue that the expense of a four-year degree is close to a quarter of a million dollars. more. You're suddenly looking at this, okay, it's costing me $250,000 to go to college. I can't come out and be making something that pays me $30,000 a year, taking me 10 years to pay this back.

To your international listeners, they may not be familiar with this problem. It is a definitively United States issue that the expense of a four-year degree is close to a quarter of a million dollars. more. You're suddenly looking at this, okay, it's costing me $250,000 to go to college. I can't come out and be making something that pays me $30,000 a year, taking me 10 years to pay this back.

It's a uniquely US phenomenon. My advice to people is

It's a uniquely US phenomenon. My advice to people is

is this is a really uncertain time traditional career paths are broken people are not just going to a four-year degree and then going to work their way up at a company and getting a nice salary and buying a house and doing all the things that used to be the milestones of success and you shouldn't go into this with the expectation that is going to be true

is this is a really uncertain time traditional career paths are broken people are not just going to a four-year degree and then going to work their way up at a company and getting a nice salary and buying a house and doing all the things that used to be the milestones of success and you shouldn't go into this with the expectation that is going to be true

I also don't like to push people towards entrepreneurship. I think very few entrepreneurs succeed, and it can be a really damaging endeavor. It can cost people money. It can cost people relationships. It can cost people, most importantly, time. So I don't really recommend that people do that just carte blanche. What I would say is... Most importantly, don't be afraid of taking the wrong step.

I also don't like to push people towards entrepreneurship. I think very few entrepreneurs succeed, and it can be a really damaging endeavor. It can cost people money. It can cost people relationships. It can cost people, most importantly, time. So I don't really recommend that people do that just carte blanche. What I would say is... Most importantly, don't be afraid of taking the wrong step.

That's the thing I see most frequently in young people today. They get analysis paralysis and they look at the world and they're trying to plot their career out 10 moves ahead. And I will tell you that used to work. There used to be a framework where you could say, okay, I'm going to go to this college. I'm going to get this degree. I'm going to go to law school. I'm going to work at this firm.

That's the thing I see most frequently in young people today. They get analysis paralysis and they look at the world and they're trying to plot their career out 10 moves ahead. And I will tell you that used to work. There used to be a framework where you could say, okay, I'm going to go to this college. I'm going to get this degree. I'm going to go to law school. I'm going to work at this firm.

I'm going to achieve this. And if I just hit these milestones, I know what my life will be like. We live in an age of chaos and upheaval that is not anything familiar to any of us that are younger than 50 or 60 years old.

I'm going to achieve this. And if I just hit these milestones, I know what my life will be like. We live in an age of chaos and upheaval that is not anything familiar to any of us that are younger than 50 or 60 years old.