If you have higher ambitions than your average class mate (no matter what grades they got) and everyday try to excel in the things you plan to work with; then y

If you have higher ambitions than your average class mate (no matter what grades they got) and everyday try to excel in the things you plan to work with; then you are always safe. Say you want to be a software architect, then you should do open-source, hacks, learn new paradigms/technologies, etc, on your spare time. People that are very intelligent by nature and have been thought (in school, by parents, etc) that they are usually just intelligent - I learned that they very often lack the will to do that extra effort it very often takes (especially in startups). I say "they" as I consider myself average IQ-wise, but I still outshine the ones with high grades in many areas because of crazy ambitions, visions, and curiosity. I would never employ someone that is just intelligent. People with ambitions cause wonders everyday that "just very intelligent" people don't dare to risk. E.g. Steve Jobs is intelligent, but most of all he's ambitious. Choose a path where you do what you love that requires specific skill of some sort, and you will don't have to worry about getting a job.