Gen X in creative fields losing their jobs

[Axtremus]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/28/style/gen-x-creative-work.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k4.Nq6N.qTZTY7ewAKn6

Long article on Gen X, especially those in the creative fields (graphics, magazines, film, TV, etc.) losing their jobs rather than reaching their peaks in their professions as they reach middle age.

[Horace]

It's a tough world out there. Good luck to all.

[Jolly]

I think we're experiencing change not at the level of the Industrial Revolution, but at a historic level.

[Copper]

That gender studies degree should allow you to ride out any fluctuations in the job market.

[Jolly]

I think the education industrial system needs to undergo radical change.

There's no way in the digital and internet age, a degree should cost what it does. There is no reason many jobs should even require a degree. I see no reason why we can't do what the tech industry does and put some emphasis on certificates. Also, in the past, many companies used to train employees and I see no reason some cannot return to that model.

[Copper]

@Jolly said in Gen X in creative fields losing their jobs:

I see no reason some cannot return to that model.

As soon as you train them, the competition offers them a raise.

Make the cost of training a loan and forgive it over time.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Gen X in creative fields losing their jobs:

I see no reason why we can't do what the tech industry does and put some emphasis on certificates.

Don't know if @Horace or @Mik see it differently, I don't get the sense that certificates mean much in the high tech industry when it comes to hiring for or actually doing a job.