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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think as a middle class student at an Ivy, he sees all the advantages his peers have at getting into connected jobs in banking and tech (private school classmates already working there, family connections, prestige job parents, even on sports teams like lacrosse (search for IB banker lacrosse poster, his brick headed son got IB job with terrible GPA through a teammates dad).

He may be worried he doesn’t have the connections or aptitude to succeed in the competitive world of BigTech and finance — and the stability and relative well paid work at a govt contractor (and probably better work life balance a Gen z staple) may be what is attracting him.  He doesn’t have a fall back plan to work for his dads firm or what not, so probably looking at the long view.

I would tell him the gov contracting job will always be there, he has the degree to lateral in at any time even as a finance wash out.  But it maybe an experience he may want to avoid and already feels out of place as middle class at an Ivy with 40% private school admittance.

An example job in BigTech that may align with his interests.  https://www.salary.com/job/amazon-com-services-inc/aws-economic-research-development-manager-aws-public-policy-economic-develop/j202311031951112958890[/quote]

Eight years’ experience?[/quote]

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