[hectormalot]

I agree that many people don’t know what they want. However, I think this is less about emulation and more about improving ones options while figuring that out.

Consulting, Finance, and Bigtech offer a combination of rapid salary growth, low career risk, and a resume item that almost ensures that you pass the CV stage at every future interview. If you’re unsure about your path it is a great way to ensure you have many doors to choose from once you do.

[bumby]

"Often it is inertia rather than greed that is the driving force behind choosing these majors and careers (although we might assume high beginning salaries would also have something to do with it). Rather than risking the loss of the praise that their psyches have, at this point, been conditioned to need, students lose themselves in the pack and follow a well-worn path. They play it safe. They feel almost forced to choose a career that isn’t “beneath” them" [1]

I think that risk-aversion is part of what keeps people from choosing what they really want to do.

[1] https://academyedstudies.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/jonesro...