Comment on The First Job Dilemma (Or Welcome to The Hyper-Meritocracy) by James Phillips

Alvin Toffler has a great quote: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

Older employees can provide a lot of value by transferring what they know to younger employees(mentoring), but it’s vital that they never stop learning themselves. Otherwise, they’ll wake up one morning and realize that their skill set is obsolete and it might be too late to correct that.