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How many traders at Goldman Sachs don't have degrees from Penn/Harvard/Yale/etc? I bet not very many. Yet some of the best developers I know are self-taught or
by ng12 9y ago
How many traders at Goldman Sachs don't have degrees from Penn/Harvard/Yale/etc? I bet not very many. Yet some of the best developers I know are self-taught or went to no-name schools.
My SO works in media and I can assure you the hiring process there is completely, thoroughly, perniciously subjective. Experiencing her job search really gave me appreciation for the fact that taking a test is 80% of my interview process.
- vonmoltke 9y ago> How many traders at Goldman Sachs don't have degrees from Penn/Harvard/Yale/etc? I just did a quick check in LinkedIn, choosing four people at GS with "Trader" in their title. The four schools I got: UNC Chapel Hill; Duke; Williams College; Amherst College. I find that distribution hard to correlate with your statement.
- southphillyman 9y agoAren't these all expensive private "elite non Ivy" schools? Maybe OP was being too restrictive with the 3 listed schools but I think the general point being implied is correct.
- hyperpape 9y agoChapel Hill is a relatively prestigious public school. The other three are prestigious private schools.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> How many traders at Goldman Sachs don't have degrees from Penn/Harvard/Yale/etc? The big tech firms are notorious for the same thing with a slightly different set of high-prestige schools, so I don't know what difference you are trying to draw?