3 Lessons From the "Ask an Alum" Event at Columbia University

Gen Z is really anxious, but can you blame them?

Today, I went back to Columbia, my alma mater, for an “Ask an Alumni” career reception. It was held in one of those rooms that seems designed to amplify both nerves and possibility… the kind where first-year students hover near the snacks, clutching their questions like lifelines.

Most of the students I spoke to were in their first semester. Bright-eyed,…