&gt; Honestly you&#x27;re better off starting your career at a middle point or low point in the market rather than a high point.<p>I don&#x27;t think this is true. There&#x27;s one study that found that students who graduate into a recession have worse earnings even long after the recession has ended: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nber.org&#x2F;digest&#x2F;nov06&#x2F;w12159.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nber.org&#x2F;digest&#x2F;nov06&#x2F;w12159.html</a><p>Eventually the effect wears off, but there&#x27;s no evidence of a long-term benefit to graduating into a bad economy.