Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by muyuu on Thursday November 13, 2014 @06:50AM
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In Google+ it says "attended Stanford University" https://plus.google.com/109990231058522395347/posts (so maybe a Stanford dropout?).
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Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by buster on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:25AM
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Obiously, the letter mentions that she had "not yet" a degree.
So, i think it's likely she dropped out or sort of paused her studies, whatever...
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by thro1237 on Thursday November 13, 2014 @09:44AM
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It seems like she claimed that she had both a Bachelors and Masters degree from Stanford when indeed she did not have both. Can she be pursuing a Master's degree when she had not completed a Bachelors?
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by DocSavage on Thursday November 13, 2014 @10:54AM
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If she were a Stanford student, she could have been in the coterminal BS/MS program for Comp Sci yet dropped out before getting either. The nice thing about the coterm program is your ability to get classified as a grad student early (once you get 180 credits) and start paying your way through college using research and teaching assistantships, which provide tuition and stipend.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by davidcuddeback on Thursday November 13, 2014 @10:52AM
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I can't speak for Stanford, but I pursued a BS and MS simultaneously at Cal Poly. Cal Poly's computer science department has a 4+1 program that lets you start taking graduate courses while you're finishing your undergraduate degree. The program also drops the senior project requirement for the BS and combines it with the master's thesis required for the MS.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by pyre on Thursday November 13, 2014 @10:15AM
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Both of those things are false (she said as much in the deposition), but "attended Stanford" could mean that she dropped out before going for a Bachelor's degree, so may not be a lie.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by jliptzin on Thursday November 13, 2014 @10:38AM
(#8602018)
Hey, maybe she's still trying to pass CS106X. That's a tough one, give her a break!
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec
by Tyrannosaurs on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:34AM
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Google+ not being actively maintained by someone? I'm shocked I tell you...