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Even much more minor versions of hacks like that play well in US interviews, IME. Nobody wants to see the straight-laced head-down academic--they want the smir
by mbg721 6y ago
Even much more minor versions of hacks like that play well in US interviews, IME. Nobody wants to see the straight-laced head-down academic--they want the smirking rebel who broke all the rules and drove the homecoming float anyway. (Never mind that the people who broke the rules four years earlier now have criminal records for netsending "hi" to everyone in the school.) One of the things nobody tells you in college is what low regard employers have of college metrics, to the point that they actively reward subverting it even while they require the degree.
- hawaiianbrah 6y agoMany employers care a fair bit about the college metric that is your GPA
- mbg721 6y agoA GPA that's much too low can hurt you, but it's way lower on the priority list at most employers than students are led to believe.
- diogenescynic 6y agoThere’s more than just GPA. GPA is usually a function of how rich your parents are. I’ll take the kid who held a job and went to school over the kid who just went to school.