The Six-Figure Trap: Why We're Selling Graduates a Gorgeous Lie
The Six-Figure Trap: Why We’re Selling Graduates a Gorgeous Lie Right. Let’s have a butcher’s at this NPR headline and talk about what’s actually happening here, because it’s brilliant marketing disguised as hope, and I’m absolutely knackered by it. The story goes like this: kids graduate, land six-figure salaries, work themselves into the ground. Brilliant! Except—and this is the bit everyone’s dancing around—that’s not actually a success story. That’s a hostage situation with better catering. ...