I a long-winded way of saying “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

This irks me chat. This is an elephant in the room that should be causing mass chaos

  • Cammy [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    69·
    7 days ago

    As someone who’s both ND and with a diminished social circle from an isolating family, I hate that people still talk about getting a job as just a matter of applying like there isn’t preferential treatment for connected people.

    And framing education as the ‘great equalizer’ hasn’t done anything to dispel the myth of meritocracy.

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      30·
      7 days ago

      I hate that people still talk about getting a job as just a matter of applying like there isn’t preferential treatment for connected people.

      And framing education as the ‘great equalizer’ hasn’t done anything to dispel the myth of meritocrcy

      100% this