Re:Posterous: I went to etc., can I still work for you?
by scott_s on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @12:04PM
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"... more often than not this means people who went to an elite school."
I'm not convinced of that. Sure, you can create an argument for the point that sounds good, but that doesn't mean it's actually true.
What I think that really does is get the person doing the hiring off the hook. If you hire a dud from MIT you'll get less flak for it than if you hired a dud from an unknown school. (Or someone without a degree.) It's the same idea as "No one gets fired for buying from IBM."
I'm not convinced of that. Sure, you can create an argument for the point that sounds good, but that doesn't mean it's actually true.
What I think that really does is get the person doing the hiring off the hook. If you hire a dud from MIT you'll get less flak for it than if you hired a dud from an unknown school. (Or someone without a degree.) It's the same idea as "No one gets fired for buying from IBM."