25 years old and deep in debt

[Jacob]

College GPA might be relevant and interesting if the person's never had a professional job before.  After that, it's of no interest to me whatsoever.

I concur with our resident HR flunky on this.

[Valmy]

College GPA might be relevant and interesting if the person's never had a professional job before.  After that, it's of no interest to me whatsoever.

Yeah the only thing I expect from my GPA is getting me my first Engineering gig.  After that I probably need to be doing some decent work or something.

[Ed Anger]

If you had nice tits in my classes, I'd likely give you an A.

In the online courses, the software did all the work.

Now THAT's spyware.

[Caliga]

our resident HR flunky

[Ed Anger]

 

[garbon]

MIM is self-made and believes in hard work and personal responsibility.

As it should be.

And is going to a good school (whether that be elite or otherwise) not at least somewhat a sign of hard work and personal responsibility? You don't get As without some effort.

[merithyn]

And is going to a good school (whether that be elite or otherwise) not at least somewhat a sign of hard work and personal responsibility? You don't get As without some effort.

It could be. It could also just mean that Mommy has a wing of the newest building named after her. And some schools count getting in as the hardest part. Once you get into Kellogg Business School, you pretty much have to go into a coma to get less than As in anything.

Good school != hard worker

[Darth Wagtaros]

our resident HR flunky

Spare me. I'm spending thousands on certs because of you people.

[CountDeMoney]

Spare me. I'm spending thousands on certs because of you people.

[garbon]

And is going to a good school (whether that be elite or otherwise) not at least somewhat a sign of hard work and personal responsibility? You don't get As without some effort.

It could be. It could also just mean that Mommy has a wing of the newest building named after her. And some schools count getting in as the hardest part. Once you get into Kellogg Business School, you pretty much have to go into a coma to get less than As in anything.

Good school != hard worker

Or it could be that someone worked their ass off in highschool.

[merithyn]

Or it could be that someone worked their ass off in highschool.

Absolutely. The point is, there's no way to be sure which it is just based on the name of the school. So while the name of the school may be impressive and it may tip the scale, I can't say that it would be THE deciding factor for me in hiring someone.

[Berkut]

Or it could be that someone worked their ass off in highschool.

Absolutely. The point is, there's no way to be sure which it is just based on the name of the school. So while the name of the school may be impressive and it may tip the scale, I can't say that it would be THE deciding factor for me in hiring someone.

The number of people who get into a school like Stanford because of something other than academic achievement is small enough that if you are going to throw out all of those evaluations based on that tiny possibility, you might as well just through at any and all criteria you might wish to use, because you never know what could be something other than what it seems.

You sound like you are looking for a reason to justify a stance taken for other reasons.

[Ideologue]

And is going to a good school (whether that be elite or otherwise) not at least somewhat a sign of hard work and personal responsibility? You don't get As without some effort.

It could be. It could also just mean that Mommy has a wing of the newest building named after her.

Sad part is that that person is probably more valuable to many organizations than some peon who "worked hard."  For example, the kid who worked hard may need to be paid, and can't take a year-long unpaid internship.  Or they may not have a ready social network of potential clients, or better yet people who can personally do you favors.

[Jacob]

Or it could be that someone worked their ass off in highschool.

Who cares what you did in highschool?

[CountDeMoney]

Mom and Dad, for two off the top of my head.