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24 alternatives to Not Our Job

How college has destroyed a generation of workers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Not Our Job launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Education of Millionaires▲65

   Everything you won't learn in college to be successful

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The End of Jobs▲98

   Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Humans Need Not Apply▲108

   Wealth & work in the age of artificial intelligence

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Workers▲65

   Archaeology of the Industrial Age

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Unscientific America▲54

   How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   EduPath▲61

   It's about time someone rethought the college applicatoin.

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Crisis on Campus▲3

   A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   People Over Profit ▲65

   Break the system, live with purpose, be more successful

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Why We Fail▲76

   Learn from other people's failures.

   2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Rework▲107

    Meetings are toxic

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Disrupt Yourself▲64

    Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Leadership BS▲65

    Fixing workplaces and careers one truth at a time

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89

    First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education

    2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Humans Need Not Apply▲56

    A new book on the future of work in the age of robots

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Rise of the Creative Class▲68

    A somewhat controversial but hugely influential book

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Great Workplace▲75

    How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Raising the Floor▲70

    What happens when machines take half our jobs?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Without Their Permission▲91

    How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Spoiled Brats▲60

    Hilarious and keen views on millennial culture wars

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Cheap▲95

    The high cost of discount culture

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    We Need Diverse Books▲87

    Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

    2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    College or Not?▲71

    Young Adult Story About Entrepreneurship

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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