if you can't get a job today, it's your fault

NACE revised class-of-2026 hiring up from 1.6% to 5.6% in six months, and the displacement camp and the Hoffman camp are both reading that number correctly because they're arguing different things: aggregate hiring is stable, composition is rotating from credential to portfolio. The kids running the old playbook are losing a fight nobody else is in. Any hiring funnel still sorted by US News rankings is already a stranded asset.