OK, Zoomer: You’re the First Human Surplus Generation
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The recent college graduate sits nervously as questions are posed to him, with only seconds to answer. Ben (not his real name) is one of many young job seekers vying for interviews with national companies in his field, software engineering. He has, of course, sent out many applications to get even to this point, at least 100 so far. “Describe one challenge you faced and how you surmounted it.” This inquiry, which seems a reasonable enough job-interview question, doesn’t come from a person who has history in Ben’s area, or from an HR professional. In fact, it isn’t delivered by a person at…
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OK, Zoomer: You’re the First Human Surplus Generation
The recent college graduate sits nervously as questions are posed to him, with only seconds to answer. Ben (not his real name) is one of many young job seekers vying for interviews with national companies in his field, software engineering. He has, of course, sent out many...
