&gt; Today, there is tremendous demand for certain occupations, even as others are being hollowed out.<p>While that is true, these certain occupations tend to have a skillset or a depth of knowledge that most (not all) &quot;classical&quot; (here used as non-STEM) educations do not provide.   As we progress forward, it becomes legitimately <i>disingenuous</i> to put green-behind-the-ears college students on an academic path that will undoubtedly lead them to unemployment at the end of that road.<p>And I hate to break it to you, even occupations that still enjoys a demand in hiring such as software &#x2F; native-app engineering &#x2F; web development are also to become more scarce as greater droves of students enter these fields and a global economy allows employers to find offshore work for cheaper.<p>&gt; People &quot;trying hard&quot; to get jobs in technology almost certainly can do so. People &quot;trying really, really, really hard&quot; to get jobs in heavy manufacturing in the American midwest are probably going to have a hard time (as are would-be blacksmiths, weavers, scribes, typists, telephone operators and many others).<p>At what point do you begin to discredit everyone incapable of getting a job with &quot;you aren&#x27;t trying hard&#x2F;smart enough&quot; ?   This is a bit of a hypothetical question - I&#x27;m not taking shots at your argument, but its something that is very important to ask of ourselves and of others.