Luke Drago ·6 min read
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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
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 lead others in doing so. Very soon, we won’t need you to do that.
If you’re young, bright, ambitious, and planning or beginning a traditional corporate career, I think you should consider pivoting today. Not just because AI is coming for your entry-level role (and I think it is), but because it might shred your entire career plan. In its place will be one of the best windows for building, creating, and doing in history – and you should be at the forefront of it.
If you listen, you can hear the cry of ten-trillion task completers being born in tomorrow’s silicon. They call from the void of the near future – one where any menial, intellectual task is a button press away.