Re:Ask HN: Who/What would you have liked to have heard in co...
by MikeMacMan on Sunday June 28, 2009 @03:33PM
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I would have liked someone to tell me the following:
1. Double-major in something marketable + something unusual. It's important to differentiate yourself early on, and an unusual skill, like say, Japanese fluency, can open a lot of doors.
2. Get good grades. Even if you think grades don't mean much, you might want to go to grad school, or apply to some company that actually cares about grades.
1. Double-major in something marketable + something unusual. It's important to differentiate yourself early on, and an unusual skill, like say, Japanese fluency, can open a lot of doors.
2. Get good grades. Even if you think grades don't mean much, you might want to go to grad school, or apply to some company that actually cares about grades.
3. I can't improve on Larry Page's commencement speech, so just watch that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFb2rvmrahc