Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 04, 2020

It’s 1994, you should all be applying to Microsoft.

Walden is a strange school: sometimes it’s a diploma mill for slackers, and sometimes it’s Yale, where GBT went (or maybe in the comic universe, it’s always both).

I went to one of those colleges like GBT did, from a high school where most graduates went to one of “those” schools. At our 5-year high-school reunion, there were 3 categories of people: those who had spent enough time “studying abroad” they hadn’t graduated yet, those in grad school, and me. I was literally the only one there who had a full-time job, or a spouse. They looked at me like I had 2 (or 3) heads when I introduced her. The funny thing is, we’re still married, and most of them made up for lost time by having several spouses (one at a time).

But that explains why the college President threw in employment almost as an afterthought: that’s the mindset.

It’s even worse now at schools like that.

Believe it or not, even back then, you actually had to know something useful to work at most places. Walden is not really a ‘useful’ education sort of institution. However, you can still apply for manager pretty much anywhere. Congratulations, you have a degree.

One word….PLASTICS

Is “The Gap” even in business any longer?

“Kurt Cobain wore khakis.” So did B.D.

I see that J. Crew just declared bankruptcy. Hard times for brick-and-mortar stores have only gotten harder these last few months.

Okay, I’m confused. I thought they were chanting GAP because they were all planning to take Gap years after graduating, to travel and avoid work. Some here seem to believe they are chanting Gap as if ‘The Gap’ is their employer of choice. Which is it?

I first thought it was gap year, but the gag setup from the 3rd frame, “Employer of choice” along with "Kurt Colbain wore khakis makes me think Trudeau was going for the store.

The Gap? Oh that’s right Walden is a liberal arts college. Supposedly a lot of LA colleges are in risk of closing due to lost value in endowments, drop in attendance, and bloat.

Microsoft would never hire any grad from walden u. They would not be able to answer the interview questions.

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