[forkandwait]

Out of the 100 or so people I know my experience is very typical.

[cbhl]

But the 100 people you would know would be biased towards Math grads, and less towards English or Environment majors, right? Survivorship bias means you would be less likely to be in touch with collage drop-outs.

[Rapzid]

Which, is something you'd expect a college graduate to realize...

[mseebach]

The problem is, they need to realise it ~6 years before they're a college graduate.

[bdcravens]

> a professor arranged my first professional job

Not typical.

[eon1]

Yeah, like.. scorchingly atypical. How many of these jobs are there that all 100 of your peers had a similar experience?

[HarryHirsch]

What do you think the "alumni lists" on researchers' webpages are good for? On the other hand, if a researcher has no alumni list on their page and isn't just starting out, that's an obvious sign for all that can read.

[csallen]

That's never been a reliable way to determine what's true for millions of other people, and it never will be.