Short answer: it depends, but usually no. Let me explain. If you’re having trouble finding a job and think that grad school will somehow help, stop! Drop that idea right now, and slowly back away. Oh sure, they’ll lure you into grad school saying how it’ll enhance your career and all that jazz, but in […]
Why Marketable Skills Are So Important
One of the biggest laments of the 2000s – notwithstanding the start of the Great Recession — was that there weren’t enough jobs created. The answer to ‘why not?’ is a complicated one, but it can mostly boil down to our failure to invest in our own human capital. For example, we have improperly educated […]
Passion for Science vs Opportunity
I’ve loved learning about dinosaurs all my life. It’s likely that way for many others “on the spectrum” as well. My current boss, who quickly noticed my passion for natural history, once asked me why I didn’t become a paleontologist. That would be a valid question if one did not consider the realities of the […]
A Practical Approach to College
I know, I know: there’s one college that you absolutely have to get into, and your whole world will come crumbling down if they reject you from admission. If you live in southern California, that school is likely UCLA. If you live in Utah, it’s likely BYU. If you live in Texas, it’s likely UT-Austin, […]
So You Don’t Know What to Do
Bottom line: You don’t need to know what you want to do with the rest of your life. Just find a line of work where there is opportunity to be productive and to make a good living. You can figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life over the course […]
Pursue Opportunity
Mike Rowe gave us all some of the best career advice anybody has offered us in a long time. Following your passion can lead to nowhere, but following opportunity can lead to rewarding, fulfilling, successful careers. Passion is a fickle guide at best, and a cruel misleader at worst. For my whole life, my generation […]