Create a job... don't just look for a job.

“The Social Network” is a 2010 film about a Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg). It was about Mark beginning work on a new concept in his dormitory room that eventually turned into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark became one of the youngest billionaires ever.

In that movie, someone said something that moved me. He said: "Harvard University undergraduates believe that inventing a job is better than finding a job” and I can confirm that. See Bill Gates, Mark, Dustin Moskovitz, Matt Damon etc. Some of these people didn’t even draw their studies to a close. So Ivy League or not, it doesn’t matter, our school systems should also inspire motivations like that; it’s our only way forward.

It is unfortunate that some of us were taught to become job seekers rather than job creators, and that is why amongst us, you’ll find trained “engineers” and “computer scientists” doing tedious jobs, with the high stress of having to get at their desks on time, because they’re working for someone else’s time and dime, throwing away their abilities for a salary that they keep bitching about.

If you ask me, and going forward, I think we should understand that we cannot all become bureaucrats and be earning salaries at the expense of taxpayers. Some of us will have to create our own identities. The latter may not be a rapid boost on our egos - and by “ego” I mean sense of self-importance, but it is an indication that we at least have a sense of consequence.