"As some Gen Z graduates find themselves iced out of the job market, millions have slipped into so-called " NEET" status (not in employment, education, or training), unclear as to when their careers will finally be able to take off. For Roblox CEO David Baszucki, that sense of professional drift is familiar. Although today he helms the $60 billion video game platform-and has a $5 billion net worth to go with it-when he graduated from Stanford University in 1985, he said his career prospects were anything but clear."
"Like today's aspiring professionals, it was tempting for him to lean on the advice of mentors, professors, or friends to figure out how to jumpstart his career. But Baszucki warns that mindset could lead you worse off. In fact, looking back, the best advice he ever received was to actually stop overvaluing what others think."
""I can remember in this terrible time right out of college trying to figure out what I was going to do," Baszucki said to the Stanford business students. "Rather than trusting my intuition, I can remember having a spreadsheet of nine potential careers and then all these metrics-'it's really good for this, but it's not so good for this.'" "It was like a really weird way to try to figure out your career," he added."
Millions of Gen Z graduates have fallen into NEET status amid a weak job market, leaving career starts uncertain. A Stanford graduate from 1985 faced unclear prospects and a thin resume that included summer window-cleaning. He tried evaluating career paths with spreadsheets and metrics but found that process unsatisfying. Over time, he learned to stop overvaluing others' opinions and to trust personal instincts during difficult career moments. He characterizes his development as learning to ignore excessive advice and recommends listening to gut feelings when making early-career decisions.
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