alt Hacker NewsI wonder if the companies hiring students from those universities have come to understand there’s no guarantee they learned any of the material.
I wonder if the companies hiring students from those universities have come to understand there’s no guarantee they learned any of the material.
The dirty secret in HR is that performance in most regular jobs doesn't really depend on having learned anything in college. Companies only require a college degree to filter the candidate pool down to a manageable level. Line managers know they'll have to train entry level hires on almost everything.
IBM used to hire software developers based on aptitude test scores regardless of formal education, then put them through an extensive internal training program. It worked fine.