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Huh? I legitimately can't tell what mindset you're railing against, or what "skew the odds" means in this context?

tester756 4y ago
>I legitimately can't tell what mindset you're railing against Basically that there's some "chain" of dependencies, impossible to overcome when it comes to career like previously quoted statement for me sounds like good gpa -> good first job -> fast path to high tc jobs mediocre gpa -> mediocre job -> a lot of other not fancy jobs -> high tc job after a lot of years What I'm saying is that "And your first job determines your second one" is not true (except edge cases like govt jobs). You can start your career at the most unknown company in country and still manage to jump to the top companies >or what "skew the odds" means in this context? Just because the odds are not favoring you, it's still doable
- JamesBarney 4y ago
  It's not impossible to overcome, but it does take time. Time your earning less money than you would be. Time to build up a competitive resume so you get an interview despite a lower GPA, and time to study so that when you do get the interview you leave a better impression to make up for the poor GPA.
  - tester756 4y ago
    Generally the whole "GPA" importance concept is crazy to me, because in my country I've never heard anyone ever being asked about it I don't even remember my GPA because I've seen it maybe twice - once when I received diploma and second time when I've been going thru my documents and just wanted to check out of curiosity It's so flawed metrics that I'd never even consider it as reasonable when interviewing people
    - JamesBarney 4y ago
      In my early career I've had several recruiters who were very interested in me based on my resume, had several conversations and then when they found out my GPA said they couldn't place me. Also had several jobs I wanted that required a certain GPA even 5-10 years into my career.

>I legitimately can't tell what mindset you're railing against Basically that there's some "chain" of dependencies, impossible to overcome when it comes to career like previously quoted statement for me sounds like good gpa -> good first job -> fast path to high tc jobs mediocre gpa -> mediocre job -> a lot of other not fancy jobs -> high tc job after a lot of years What I'm saying is that "And your first job determines your second one" is not true (except edge cases like govt jobs). You can start your career at the most unknown company in country and still manage to jump to the top companies >or what "skew the odds" means in this context? Just because the odds are not favoring you, it's still doable

JamesBarney 4y ago
It's not impossible to overcome, but it does take time. Time your earning less money than you would be. Time to build up a competitive resume so you get an interview despite a lower GPA, and time to study so that when you do get the interview you leave a better impression to make up for the poor GPA.
- tester756 4y ago
  Generally the whole "GPA" importance concept is crazy to me, because in my country I've never heard anyone ever being asked about it I don't even remember my GPA because I've seen it maybe twice - once when I received diploma and second time when I've been going thru my documents and just wanted to check out of curiosity It's so flawed metrics that I'd never even consider it as reasonable when interviewing people
  - JamesBarney 4y ago
    In my early career I've had several recruiters who were very interested in me based on my resume, had several conversations and then when they found out my GPA said they couldn't place me. Also had several jobs I wanted that required a certain GPA even 5-10 years into my career.