[hnthrowaway121]

Senior year of college, aren’t we talking 21/22 year olds?

[ehutch79]

There's plenty of 65+ people who are still best described as toddlers.

[AfterHIA]

Having had friends that went to a technical high school I have a feeling that there's a subtle suggestion that, "graduates" might refer to talented kids coming out of high school. At any rate suggesting to a young person that they should essentially ruin their life to chase a pipe dream is unethical especially when you benefit financially from making these suggestions.

[hnthrowaway121]

That’s clearly not the suggestion of the post. It only mentions college students. There is no child abuse.

[gh0stcat]

In what way is this "ruining your life"? If things don't go as planned, I imagine the person would be in a good position to pivot to higher education/a different job/starting something new. I think this idea that ruining one's life == not following the exact k-12 -> college -> big corporation route is short sighted.