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So you're implying that there's no correlation between academic pedigree and work performance. Maybe that's true, but not what my personal experience would sug
by asdfologist 11y ago
So you're implying that there's no correlation between academic pedigree and work performance. Maybe that's true, but not what my personal experience would suggest, at least in the realm of software engineering. I'd be happy to change my stance if there's data to the contrary.
- falsestprophet 11y agoGoogle has studied this. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?_r=1&referrer= http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman...
- brazzledazzle 11y agoDidn't Google drop their degree requirement entirely?
- mgkimsal 11y agohow would you even measure that without the causal effects of "we only hired people from these schools" not being an interfering factor? my own personal experience (from > 20 years in professional workforce) is that there's generally very little correlation between work performance and academic pedigree. For entry level positions, I've seen a bit, but after, say, 5-8 years, people are generally either really good at what they're doing, and are getting better, or they're struggling. I've not seen any correlation between the strugglers/non-strugglers and where they went to school, or indeed, to some extent, what they studied.