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Now is the Time for Moonshots - Luke Drago

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"The decline of the free entrepreneur and the rise of the dependent employee on the American scene has paralleled the decline of the independent individual and the rise of the little man in the American mind." - C. Wright Mills Share I know the hiring cycle is well underway at America’s universities. Some of my friends, just a year or two younger than I am, are thinking about the classic prestige paths: IB, consulting, quant finance, and law. Others are at the early stage of their career, planning their next moves. A few are established professionals who don’t know what they want to do next. Many of them are driven more by prestige than passion. I think a reality check is in order. You are probably not going to be a junior consultant for three years, then a senior consultant for two, then a managing partner for five, and finally a partner. That pyramid looks more like a tomb every day. This pathway exists because we need bright people to do repetitive work – and then we need them to le

Now is the Time for Moonshots A letter to Gen Z on planning a career in the age of AI Luke Drago Feb 28, 2025 125 14 19 Share Flame by Rockwell Kent "The decline of the free entrepreneur and the rise of the dependent employee on the American scene has paralleled the decline of the independent individual and the rise of the little man in the American mind." - C. Wright Mills Share I know the hiring cycle is well underway at America’s universities. Some of my friends, just a year or two younger than I am, are thinking about the classic prestige paths: IB, consulting, quant finance, and law. Othe

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