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I would say that a high affinity for playing the games invented by others for the rewards invented by others is orthogonal to raw intelligence. In fact, smart p
by dougmwne 5y ago
I would say that a high affinity for playing the games invented by others for the rewards invented by others is orthogonal to raw intelligence. In fact, smart people usually have a lifetime of being rewarded for exercising their intelligence on command. Where are they supposed to learn a healthy disrespect for authority when they have always been the darlings of authority?
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoAnd now you know why Google, etc. have a strong bias for hiring out of academia and out of the higher levels of education. (Not just because the founders never worked industry, just academia, when they started Google, but I digress...). The interview process is highly highly biased towards recent grads (algorithm/data-structure courses) and the kind of people who do super well in university show-and-tell.