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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by vijucat on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @07:55AM (#9340107)
Great points! Yes, "critical thinking" a great phrase for it.

I agree with a lot of your points. The "don't go to university" / "dropouts are successful" meme is particularly alarming to me. Unless your achievement are stupendous, most employers, even startups, judge you based on your level of education, your Uni's ranking, etc; Why discard that data?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by personjerry on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @08:28AM (#9340271)
Furthermore, university is a great place to grow socially and find friends, girl/boyfriends, and maybe even a future co-founder! (Sometimes I think our education system should have a social education aspect too. Networking, communicating, and even brown-nosing can all be very useful.)
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