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I don't think GPA has very much of any effect on lifetime earnings except by being a proxy for IQ and conscientiousness. Same with missing class, they don't re
by JamesBarney 8y ago
I don't think GPA has very much of any effect on lifetime earnings except by being a proxy for IQ and conscientiousness.
Same with missing class, they don't reduce someone's lifetime earnings, they just tell you how conscientious they are.
But extroversion is actually one of biggest contributors to lifetime earnings. Maybe if they miss a party we should increase their interest rate too.
- exabrial 8y agoWell the difference between a 3.0 and 4.4 isn't likely much, but a gpa of 1.5 would very much indicate failure to focus
- JamesBarney 8y agoIf you control for IQ and conscientiousness then it's probably what classes they took, how motivated are they by school, whether they found a girlfriend they really liked that semester and decided to blow off class, founded a company, decided to teach themselves french.
- exabrial 8y agoI mean, exactly