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guelo
on Feb 22, 2014
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Go Ahead, Let Your Kids Fail
One solution is for businesses to stop playing their game. At my startup we refused to hire from Harvard or Stanford or MIT. We didn't hire ex-googlers either for that matter.
tensor
on Feb 22, 2014
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Refusing to hire only based on name is as bad as hiring only based on name.
tokenadult
on Feb 22, 2014
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Google is now very aware, by its internal research, that school credentials matter very little for success at Google.
FLUX-YOU
on Feb 22, 2014
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Are we talking seasoned engineers or interns? Heh.
adam419
on Feb 22, 2014
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How are you aware of this?
Malician
on Feb 23, 2014
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They announced it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-b...
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