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I think we need a cultural shift that places less emphasis on grades and college, and more emphasis on results and direction. I think most people will still go

by jey 19y ago

I think we need a cultural shift that places less emphasis on grades and college, and more emphasis on results and direction. I think most people will still go to college, but there need to be socially endorsed options for people who don't want to go to college, or can't handle college. But yeah, I agree that the educational system needs to be fixed, majorly. My mom still wishes I had a college degree so that I would have the stamp of being a bona fide "educated person". She knows I am doing fine and that I have options in life, but she thinks it'd be great if I went back and finished my BS. At least she gave up on the idea that some day I'd grow up to be a neurosurgeon... :-)

hello_moto 19y ago
What happened these days is that company like Google and Microsoft higher smart and experienced students. If you have 3.2 GPA and have experience with open source, you're qualified to be interviewed. If you have 4.0 GPA, you're also qualified. If you have 4.0 GPA and have experience (internship), you'll get an offer :). It's both. Everybody wants the best talent available. For students coming out the school, GPA is what differentiate them the most because companies do not expect them to have tons of experience. They're hiring talent. I don't know why we need this huge cultural shift and stuff like that because clearly our current systems are working fine. There are outliers (people who have 4.0 GPA but sucks at coding), it's unfortunate but everybody has to deal with outliers everywhere and anywhere.