How to Thrive in the Gig Economy - Michigan Ross

There used to be a clear career path in the American economy — get a degree, study something practical, and get an entry level job with a corporation. Companies grew and you could grow along with them. Now the economy has turned into short-term engagements. Careers turned into jobs, jobs have turned into gigs, and many major companies employ a fraction of the people they once did.

Michigan Ross Professor Jerry Davis shows what you can do to position yourself to thrive in the new gig economy.

[mayafischhoff]

What a soothing voice! Prefer this advice to "panic"!

[DavidVonR]

In a gig economy just accept the fact that you'll never have anything, and settle in a fleabag apartment somewhere and find your peace in a bottle.

[rnordinr]

Good ideas. For coding I suggest some knowledge of SQL if you want to extract from a database. There are also programs like PowerBI that are cheap and can help you pull and combine data without much SQL knowledge.

[edingilic]

Thank you for this informational video.

[aDowningStreet]

Every country has laws and cultural rules based around stigmatising and oppressing people who don't embrace greed, consumption, debt, devoting your life to generating money with 80 hour work weeks and generally supporting the system. If you want people, organisations, governments, authorities to despise you then follow these guidelines...

Be rebellious... opt out of the rat race, minimise your wage slavery, work only as much as you need to and do what you love in your free time, or earn a living doing something you love, generate your own income, live a minimalist life, spend as little money as possible, live in a van or build your own home in nature, produce all the food you can for yourself, buy everything you need second hand, sell all your old stuff, don't chase materialistic goals.

Why is it we are manipulated by societies influencers to chase goals *they* define, so many people suffer with mental health problems like depression these days because their life is taking a path they did not choose.

Fuck advice from the internet, and fuck advice from anyone you didn't request it from, the only advice you need is carve your own path and do what you think is right, you will fail and you will succeed and you will live a genuine life.

[Gluluman]

very insightful - thank you professor, I took a class online with Coursera

[jim]

And the sky is blue and grass is green

[mmmaria]

Think about the value you provide, not that someone owes you a job. The more people can do what you can, the more replaceable you are as as a worker.

[adam]

Or just be like this guy. Find someone that would pay you for speaking.

[piotrzakrzewski]

who is paying this guy is what I want know

[Incognito-vcwj]

A world where there are no long any specialists, just gig hoppers.

[jeffersonfranklin]

very creepy and dystopic advice... basically forget about financial security, forget about mastering a particular trade/expertise, learn to be a happy mouse in the gig/app maze because you'll never be a success with a real job like professor Ross

[kakerake]

i wanted to know how a business can thrive pfft

[chrisr]

He is a state bureaucrat, waiting for his pension. Invent your own job and career. Like Larry Summers told the Winklevii

[farenheito]

Мне не нравится смотреть такие видео и потом их дисказ. Они не интересные и не по нашей тематике.