"Bill Gurley is a general partner at venture capitalist firm Benchmarkand the author of "Runnin' Down a Dream, How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love." Gurley told Neal Freyman and Toby Howell on the "Morning Brew Daily" podcast that aired on Sunday that it is "horrific" how some people are actively disengaged at work, but the heart of the matter is that people "aren't ending up in the right place.""
""We developed this mindset where you push kids toward economic safety - doctors, lawyers, jobs where unemployment is low, and salaries are high," said Gurley. "But we've pushed a lot of kids into what I call the 'career industrial complex.'" Gurley said that the "career industrial complex" means pushing children toward a "résumé arms race" of standardization and credential accumulation, rather than encouraging curiosity and exploration."
""I like to say, you know, if you have three episodes of Breaking Bad left, would you study this instead?" said Gurley. "Like, does it compete with what you do in your free time?" Gurley added that he once did a survey where he asked 10,000 people if they would choose a different career if given the chance to go back in time, and 60% said yes."
A top Silicon Valley investor links rising workplace disengagement and phenomena like "quiet quitting" to a "career industrial complex" that channels young people into economically safe professions and a résumé arms race of standardization and credential accumulation. The investor proposes shifting career decision-making from resume-optimization to curiosity and personal interest, using a simple test: whether a prospective role would compete with one’s free-time activities. A survey of 10,000 people found 60% would choose a different career if they could go back. Recent Gallup and Pew polls show declining employee engagement and widespread dissatisfaction with pay, reinforcing concerns about mismatched work roles.
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