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“You don’t think the guy can go up anymore in your esteem, another rung on the ladder of your esteem,” Harbaugh said, “and then he finds another one. It’s incredible.”

What if this is the start of a more fundamental shift of what were entry-level jobs away from young people, where the first rungs of the jobs ladder are being broken?

“There's no beginner mode anymore—the bottom rung of the ladder just feels completely gone, I think, for most of the generation,” Ms Scanlon said.

Aristocrats with autocratic manners were fun to play, but characters from the common rung could be just as commanding.

It’s all the worthy rungs below that need investment to expand their reach.