Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
by HWR_14 on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:19AM
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> Not to be argumentative. But yes, I did attend college.
Your claim may be technically correct. I am willing to believe you did attend a college for some period of time. However, it is nonresponsive. GP was claiming that your writing does not reflect the skills in writing that you are expected to develop as a college attendee. This is understandable; dropping out during/after freshmen year does not give your writing time to progress.
I care about your education because of what you learned, not because your acceptance is an excellent proxy for your SAT scores. (This is the same reason that your short stint as an IBM developer means less than you seem to believe it does.)
It's not the argumentative nature of your post that would be a red flag to me, it is the complete misunderstanding of the issue being raised.
Your claim may be technically correct. I am willing to believe you did attend a college for some period of time. However, it is nonresponsive. GP was claiming that your writing does not reflect the skills in writing that you are expected to develop as a college attendee. This is understandable; dropping out during/after freshmen year does not give your writing time to progress.
I care about your education because of what you learned, not because your acceptance is an excellent proxy for your SAT scores. (This is the same reason that your short stint as an IBM developer means less than you seem to believe it does.)
It's not the argumentative nature of your post that would be a red flag to me, it is the complete misunderstanding of the issue being raised.