My Master's Wasn't Worth It

"Employers don't expect middle aged people to be innovators."

Well... if he's an innovator, why doesn't he create a start-up? He has plenty of experience to draw on, presumably. The truth is that employers want you to do what they want, not what you want. The last interviewee seems more business-oriented, despite training in microbiology.

A quote from the article, from a master's degree recipient: "Instead, things got worst."

So when was basic literacy dropped from the list of preconditions for the label "educated"?