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Why I’m hiring graduates with thirds this year
- curtis 13y agoFor those of you wondering what a "third" is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_c...
- aet 13y agoGPA or the UK equivalent seems to be like knowing the mean of a distribution, you'd be much better off taking a look at the entire distribution, or in this case, a transcript. Then you would see if a person challenged themselves or just took easy classes to get high grades. Also, you could see if they took classes on a diversity of topics.
- tonyedgecombe 13y agoI knew how wrote the article before I got to the end. Rory Sutherland has a real knack of seeing things from a different perspective.
- da02 13y agoI got the link since I follow him on twitter. However, I disagree this was game theory. It seems more like entrepreneurship and competition. He sees value where others don't see it. Then does something about it. Like the guy who turned cow manure into organic flower pots and sells them to big chains. (Briefly mentioned on: http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.htm... )