You’ll spend about 80,000 hours working in your career.
That’s a lot of time to spend feeling lost, stuck, or unsure if you’re even on the right path.
And yet… most people are winging it.
- Pick a major and hope it pays off.
- Apply to 200 jobs and hope one replies.
- Go to grad school and hope it isn’t a giant money pit.
That’s not a strategy. That’s gambling. Do you really want to leave your career up to chance?
Why people feel stuck
I’m Tyler, founder of GradSimple. I’ve interviewed over 100 grads, and the pattern is obvious.
Almost everyone feels overwhelmed by their career.
And when you’re overwhelmed, you fall into the same cycle over and over:
- Read a clickbait headline that makes you panic
- Ask your parents for advice that worked 30 years ago
- Compare yourself to shiny LinkedIn updates
- Scroll Reddit threads full of equally lost strangers
That’s midwit behavior. It feels like you’re doing something, but really, you’re just stuck in a loop.
The ones who stay stuck let every headline push them in a different direction. The ones who figure it out focus on the facts and act on them.
How to break out of the cycle
What if you had something better than scary headlines and loud opinions?
What if you could see what’s actually happening in the job market, explained simply?
That’s why I built Job Market Like I’m 5.
Job Market Like I’m 5 is an easy-to-understand explanation of the US job market.
Every two weeks, you get:
- How many people are out of work, and what that means for hiring
- Which industries are growing and which ones are slowing down
- Which skills are becoming more valuable and which ones matter less
- How long it’s really taking people to get jobs in different fields
- What all of this means if you’re choosing a major, thinking about grad school, or considering a career change
Here’s the deal
If you give me 5 minutes twice a month, you’ll never feel behind or in the dark about the job market again.
At worst, you’ll always know where things stand without wasting hours scrolling or reading 50-page PDFs.
At best, you’ll avoid years of wasted effort and thousands of dollars chasing the wrong degree, industry, or pivot.
It’s $7/month. Cancel anytime.
Most people will keep spinning in the midwit cycle and leave their careers up to luck. You don’t have to.
See you inside,
—Tyler
What Readers Say
Owen L.
Chapman University, Class of 2024
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Douglas College, Class of 2019
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University of British Columbia, Class of 2023
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