Lack of competition?
I had a theory that someone with a new college degree could step into a job that used to be given to someone who had worked his or her way up in the company. Two things happened:
1) The college grads in those positions were younger than those who worked their way up to those positions and stayed in those positions longer, so openings are less frequent.
2) There are more philosophy graduates than there were 30+ years ago.
Nah, I just never tried to get a job in it. Over the years I’ve owned a bike shop, been a prison warden, and worked in nuclear weapons and radiation effects.