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One of my biggest complaints against the tech industry is its rampant credentialism. Limiting capital to just the top few schools in the country is plain terrib
by littletimmy 12y ago
One of my biggest complaints against the tech industry is its rampant credentialism. Limiting capital to just the top few schools in the country is plain terrible business strategy because there is absolutely no evidence that going to a top 10 school vs a top 50 school leads to greater enterpreneurial success. I mean, who cares about Steve Jobs (Reed) and Michael Dell (UT Austin), right? We should fund Mark Pincus (Harvard) instead.
- akhilcacharya 12y agoAgreed. I go to a pretty low/mid tier school and it seems like my options are limited if I'm interested in this subset of the industry.
- cma 12y agoOr Gates (Harvard), Sergey/Brin (Stanford), Wozniak (Berkeley), Zuckerberg (Harvard), ... Why do you propose top 50 as a cutoff, why not give the same funding to someone in a school barely making the top 500? If not, isn't that just credentialism? Credentialism also leans on alumni preference--if someone in your family is a big donor at Harvard and got you in in spite of lousy scores, they might also make your company succeed through favorable loans, connections, etc., in spite of your lousy contribution, etc.