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> When Kim decided to leave NASA [...] he wanted to get a job in Korea but to even do that he was told that he needed elementary, middle, and high school diplom
by acchow 13y ago
> When Kim decided to leave NASA [...] he wanted to get a job in Korea but to even do that he was told that he needed elementary, middle, and high school diplomas. “Since I had no official diploma ― I had to start all over from scratch,” Kim explained.
Highest IQ in the world, 10 years of experience at NASA, and he wasn't drowning in job offers? South Korean companies need to think seriously about what they're looking for in an employee.
- girvo 13y agoSouth Korea's business culture is... Different, in my limited (lived there for 6mths and have a number of good friends from SK) experience, but also I think a lot of businesses wouldn't know what to do with someone so smart?
- acchow 13y ago> but also I think a lot of businesses wouldn't know what to do with someone so smart? Figuring out what to do with him wasn't what was holding them back. He got a job offer after completing his high school and college degree.
- xerophtye 13y agowell maybe it helped the companies figure out what to do with him. He did a business major so they put him in business dev.
- NovaS1X 13y agoThis type of thinking is the most frustrating thing I've ever encountered. Being held back by bureaucracy and HR filters has hurt more than a few highly-intelligent people. It's so incredibly demoralizing to be held back by inadequacy's of an education system or socioeconomic status.
- wellboy 13y agoI always wonder why super intelligent people like him don't start their own NASA or similar, but keep working for somebody.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoThey did. It's called NASA.