Comment by kermatt

The mistake is university choosing commencement speakers that are completely out of touch with what students about to enter the workforce need. Unless of course the university itself is choosing speakers based on their contribution to the university bottom line.

Big tech executives, no matter what their previous accomplishments were, eventually become sales people. Their job, as they see it, is to push a narrative that benefits the businesses or industries their wealth is tied too.

Students don't want to hear what billionaires want. They want to hear what will enable them to survive in a newly chaotic job market that seems ever more weighted against job seekers.