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That was a really interesting post, thanks.

Anecdotally, how would you characterize the distribution of risk aversion of the younger folks? (ie, engineers vs hard sciences vs social sciences vs business, humanities etc.)

Or rather, is it evenly distributed across the culture?

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I am going on a ledge here, but I would say as with most societies I know, getting a science and/or engineering degree is a safer bet at a job. It also has the benefit that there is less of a chance of major retraining if you join a more "modern" company. As @hkmurakami pointed out, those with an engineering or science degree tend to have to apply for more companies and getting internships is according to my own experience much easier.

My apologies for not being able to differentiate clearly between social sciences, business and the humanities. I am just too deep into the whole science game at this point.

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