"The last I heard of the company was that as a result of my departure, they would no longer hire graduates with A grades." This reminds me of a Feynman story.

"The last I heard of the company was that as a result of my departure, they would no longer hire graduates with A grades." This reminds me of a Feynman story. After he had found and demonstrated a security hole in a particular type of lock used by the military they "fixed" the issue by ordering everyone not to let Feynman anywhere near the locks :-)