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I am firmly of the opinion that getting a high GPA in a degree program is a strong indicator of determination, focus and work ethic -- qualities that are essent
by timr 12y ago
I am firmly of the opinion that getting a high GPA in a degree program is a strong indicator of determination, focus and work ethic -- qualities that are essential to "technical talent", that people who complain the loudest about formal education often lack. Setting a high bar for academic achievement enriches your applicant pool more than most other signals.
So while I think that credentialism is bad when taken to an extreme, I do think that credentials still have value.
- btoptical 12y agoActually Google found that GPA is a weak indication of how a person performs. Apparently, according to Google, the GPA is only weakly correlated with job success in the first year or two. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-hires-people-2013-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-hires-people-2013-...
- timr 12y agoI didn't say that I believe in GPA as a stack-ranking score. I just believe it has value when you're comparing someone who barely graduated with someone who graduated with honors. Even Google uses GPA for new grads (so says the article), probably for similar reasons. Also, as long as we're being pedantic: "success at Google" is not clearly related to "success in a small company", or even "success in the world". We don't even know what they mean by "success".