Ann Guo ’98, MEng ’99, a career coach who switched her own path after starting out in computer science, says more and more college graduates are reimagining their futures. Though Bloch’s pivot from his original academic pathway was especially dramatic, it’s not unusual to see MIT graduates shifting from one career to another.Įconomists call the natural human reluctance to change course the “sunk-cost fallacy.” Poker pros call it being “pot stuck.”