After 4 years of taking classes outside my areas of interest in HS, there was little benefit to doing so for another 4 years in college. Pedigree is exactly th

After 4 years of taking classes outside my areas of interest in HS, there was little benefit to doing so for another 4 years in college. Pedigree is exactly the same type of empty credential as a college degree, though, and employers like it for the same reason. It allows the person who makes the inevitable bad hire to deflect blame when the "why did you hire this person?" question gets asked. Hire someone from Podunk State University, or Another Failed Startup and it will look like you have bad judgment. Hire someone from Harvard / Google, then it just gets chalked up to bad luck.