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Comment by ScottWhigham | Hacker News Reader

I imagine Paul Davidson, author, to be a frustrated father to 1-3 young 20-somethings who are not able to get a job right now, and Paul felt that he had the perfect angle for a fresh story... Nothing like writing about your own life experiences!

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I wonder if our perspective on the job market is tinted by the fact that (I suspect) the overwhelming majority of graduates on HN are alumni of Ivy League or other top schools.

I think that, 4-5 years ago, perhaps a large percentage of people would have fit that bill but even then it was not likely to be anywhere close to a majority. Today though this is sort of the sophisticated man's Reddit and thus your suspicion is probably off by an order of magnitude.

I think the voting at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5628769 has slowed down now and we can safely conclude that it is still a majority (albeit not as strong as it was in the first few years of HN)

A bit higher percentage than I expected but such polls are often dependent upon participation of those who log in during the poll's time frame. Still though, far below a majority (as I write this) - the "Top 20" voting is 24.6% as of 5:30AM after 681 votes.

Your suspicion is likely wrong.

Let's put it to a poll: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5628769

One quibble with the poll: For those with graduate degrees, that degree probably influences employment more than undergraduate.

Actually, now I wonder about the percentage of grad students here. We can't all have dropped out at twenty to found our startups.

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