There are no rules for success

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Sun, 28 Sep 2025

By Andy KesslerYoung people, are you OK? “It’s the Worst Time to Be a College Graduate in Years,” reads a Newsweek headline. The Federal Reserve warns, “Recent College Grads Bear Brunt of Labor Market Shifts.” For 22- to 30-year-old computer science graduates, employment has been falling.Why? Is it ChatGPT? Tariffs? Late in the economic cycle? No matter, the unwritten social contract for success that’s been drilled into your conscience – good grades, decent college, job loyalty, home mortgage, reti...

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