I had 5 good friends when I was in high school. They were all extremely intelligent, and motivated people. Right now, 1 is a security guard at a fireworks factory, another works in a print shop loading stacks of paper, another just dropped out of college to join the army (due to financial reasons), the fourth works 4 part time jobs to live in a crappy apartment, and the 5th is unemployed.
Why do they have a negative outlook? Because none of them are doing what they went to school to do, or even want to do.
I feel lucky, i've been programming since I was 13 years old. I love my job, and i get paid extremely well to do it. Sometimes it can be hard to understand why all of my friends have so much trouble, its easy for me to think of all the things they could have done differently. But the point is, life for non techies is not really great right now, and if you're young with no experience its even worse.
Why do they have a negative outlook? Because none of them are doing what they went to school to do, or even want to do.
I feel lucky, i've been programming since I was 13 years old. I love my job, and i get paid extremely well to do it. Sometimes it can be hard to understand why all of my friends have so much trouble, its easy for me to think of all the things they could have done differently. But the point is, life for non techies is not really great right now, and if you're young with no experience its even worse.