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Re:Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement by temphn on Monday May 14, 2012 @04:48PM (#3973180)
In any case, the job posting has already been fixed:

www.linkedin.com/jobs/jobs-Investment-Analyst-w-2901306

  Quantitative skills in a field such as computer science, 
  mathematics, statistics, physics, or engineering; no 
  college degree required
Thiel actually believes in what he's saying.
Re:Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement by gawker on Monday May 14, 2012 @05:37PM (#3973472)
Just curious but does it mean that having quantitative skills in those fields implies that you probably have some job experience in those fields?

I cannot imagine high schools providing substantial education to develop skills in those fields.

Re:Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement by temphn on Monday May 14, 2012 @05:54PM (#3973550)
There aren't too many colleges which offer courses on Rails, Django, Coffeescript, or Nodejs. Smart people manage to get by with the internet, without going hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt.