Top students often end up in the same industries - Deepstash

Top students often end up in the same industries

Our most talented and educated young people are doing the wrong things. Our smart people are heading to finance or law school or management consulting, instead of building or developing companies. We need to get our smart people to do things again. They’d like to but are often led to seek jobs with status and progress rather than a genuine desire or natural fit. 

Meanwhile, there are huge needs in other sectors needing smart people who can manage, operate, improve and innovate.

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This book explains that the existing education system stunts the economy. Instead of talented students blazing new paths and building new ventures, they are led to follow existing paths that are well paved and require little ingenuity.

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