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You should look up Sridhar Vembu's posts on anti-credentialism. In fact he prefers hiring kids out of highschool and teaching them programming rather than hirin
by ajju 17y ago
You should look up Sridhar Vembu's posts on anti-credentialism. In fact he prefers hiring kids out of highschool and teaching them programming rather than hiring engineers (let alone engineers from the IIT).
I love the IITs. Of the 5 enlightened professors I met in India, 3 were at an IIT. I had some of my best times at events at IITs. But using those as a filter is stupid and as you point out, in the case of those who brag about having gone to an IIT, its invariably counterproductive in my experience.
- keeptrying 17y agoThats only because he cant afford IIT-ians. Seriously if theres one credential which you ever do respect its IIT (pre-2000) graduated. At one point of time they were either very very bright or very very hardworking. Of course this might have changed in the years after graduating from IIT. (Note: After 2000, they rebranded a lot of the state level colleges to "IIT" status.)
- heuristix 17y agoThere's a huge difference between respecting credentials and filtering based on them. The former is not binary. I am simply arguing that an IIT degree is neither necessary nor sufficient to be a successful entrepreneur.
- keeptrying 17y agoAbsolutely.
- hiteshiitk 17y agoNow you sound sensible, unlike your previous comment. Good for you. You have been to Gatech, so for sure you know how profs each year plan to catch new IITians to work in their groups. But your personal ego has forced you not admit this. I cannot help you with this. Discloser: I have been to Gatech.
- keeptrying 17y agoGuys like you with "iit" in their handles are the ones that people should think twice about.