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thenewgreen  ·  9 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Spartan's Guide to Trading

It’s the only information you know about him. It’s certainly not the only information his hiring manager knows about him. This article is dumb.





kleinbl00  ·  8 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't elect him. neither did you. Neither of us elected anyone on this entire chain, and yet here we are, subject to this guy's mad coding skillz, and your quip is "trust the process?"

sogre  ·  8 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Six years is a long time, enough to turn a clueless teenager into pretty much anyone. Acting as if having 'Harvard' on a resume didn't open doors closed to us mortals is disingenuous.

thenewgreen  ·  8 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There’s a reason it opens doors. It’s hard as fuck to get into. Acting like it isn’t is also disingenuous. Personally, as someone that has been in the position to hire it would def help get you in front of me. From there though, it’s all about what you are capable of.

kleinbl00  ·  8 days ago  ·  link  ·  

expensive AF to get into FTFY

A Harvard admissions board member, speaking under condition of anonymity, told Jeff Selingo in Who Gets In And Why that Harvard's admissions system wasn't designed to build elites, it was designed to ensure only elites would apply.