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This isn't 1996. The douchey executives who invented the calibration scores also have EECS degrees from Stanford.

by rdouble 13y ago

michaelochurch 13y ago
If the executives who invented calibration scores have EE/CS degrees from Stanford, that's because they either threatened to beat nerds up, or paid them, to get their homework done. That's how people stupid enough to bloviate about "synergizing our disruptive verticals" manage to get through elite colleges. I wish I were kidding, but something like 60% of MBA students cheat. Shit doesn't change much, and VC-istan is Corporate America, not some more enlightened successor.
- rdouble 13y ago
  I wouldn't have guessed that Marissa Mayer ever threatened to beat nerds up, but I guess I've never met her.
  - michaelochurch 13y ago
    Is she the one who came up with that shit? If so, I'm going to short YHOO.
- jmduke 13y ago
  If the executives who invented calibration scores have EE/CS degrees from Stanford, that's because they either threatened to beat nerds up, or paid them, to get their homework done. Do a lot of engineers still have this persecution complex? This isn't an 80's sitcom. Grown people don't threaten other grown people for their lunch money. That's how people stupid enough to bloviate about "synergizing our disruptive verticals" manage to get through elite colleges. I wish I were kidding, but something like 60% of MBA students cheat. I would love to see your elaborations on how everyone who ends up using buzzwords is a malicious idiot.
- ritchiea 13y ago
  I think you're overstating what it takes to get through elite colleges and perhaps misunderstanding what it takes to get in them. There are many strategies to get through those sort of institutions. Ideally the experience at an elite college is an exercise in improving your analytic and communication skills and you thus use those skills in papers, exams and labs to both grow and show your skills. I imagine that's what you have in mind. For other people it is closer to rote memorization and the challenge is recognizing the problem and remembering the solution. Elite colleges don't weed these type of people out with their admission process or their evaluations. And particularly on the coursework side students looking to game the system tend to find courses and professors that are most suited to their goals. Some of these courses are even offered by "good" professors who would rather focus on genuinely engaged students and give the others good enough grades. I've even seen professors that are harsher to genuinely engaged students because they "expect more" from them. The academic system is flawed. And if you think about it from the perspective of an admission dean there aren't any incentives to get it right. For all the complaining we do about types of technical interviews, think about admitting students to a college. You are pretty much only assessed on the superficial statistics of the classes you admit. A company can immediately reap the benefits of a talented employee that flies under the recruiting radar due to not fitting a traditional profile. Most talented high school students need at least a decade before they make meaningful impacts on the world. By then a dean of admission has moved on to a new job.

This isn't 1996. The douchey executives who invented the calibration scores also have EECS degrees from Stanford.

by rdouble 13y ago

This isn't 1996. The douchey executives who invented the calibration scores also have EECS degrees from Stanford.

If the executives who invented calibration scores have EE/CS degrees from Stanford, that's because they either threatened to beat nerds up, or paid them, to get their homework done. That's how people stupid enough to bloviate about "synergizing our disruptive verticals" manage to get through elite colleges. I wish I were kidding, but something like 60% of MBA students cheat. Shit doesn't change much, and VC-istan is Corporate America, not some more enlightened successor.

rdouble 13y ago
I wouldn't have guessed that Marissa Mayer ever threatened to beat nerds up, but I guess I've never met her.
- michaelochurch 13y ago
  Is she the one who came up with that shit? If so, I'm going to short YHOO.
jmduke 13y ago
If the executives who invented calibration scores have EE/CS degrees from Stanford, that's because they either threatened to beat nerds up, or paid them, to get their homework done. Do a lot of engineers still have this persecution complex? This isn't an 80's sitcom. Grown people don't threaten other grown people for their lunch money. That's how people stupid enough to bloviate about "synergizing our disruptive verticals" manage to get through elite colleges. I wish I were kidding, but something like 60% of MBA students cheat. I would love to see your elaborations on how everyone who ends up using buzzwords is a malicious idiot.
ritchiea 13y ago
I think you're overstating what it takes to get through elite colleges and perhaps misunderstanding what it takes to get in them. There are many strategies to get through those sort of institutions. Ideally the experience at an elite college is an exercise in improving your analytic and communication skills and you thus use those skills in papers, exams and labs to both grow and show your skills. I imagine that's what you have in mind. For other people it is closer to rote memorization and the challenge is recognizing the problem and remembering the solution. Elite colleges don't weed these type of people out with their admission process or their evaluations. And particularly on the coursework side students looking to game the system tend to find courses and professors that are most suited to their goals. Some of these courses are even offered by "good" professors who would rather focus on genuinely engaged students and give the others good enough grades. I've even seen professors that are harsher to genuinely engaged students because they "expect more" from them. The academic system is flawed. And if you think about it from the perspective of an admission dean there aren't any incentives to get it right. For all the complaining we do about types of technical interviews, think about admitting students to a college. You are pretty much only assessed on the superficial statistics of the classes you admit. A company can immediately reap the benefits of a talented employee that flies under the recruiting radar due to not fitting a traditional profile. Most talented high school students need at least a decade before they make meaningful impacts on the world. By then a dean of admission has moved on to a new job.