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jswelkertoday at 3:26 AM2 repliesview on HN

And resultingly, if you do go to college and immerse yourself in the educational experience, you come out with superpowers compared to your peers.

Getting companies to see those superpowers in a hiring pipeline of course is a different story


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petesergeanttoday at 3:53 AM

Do American colleges not give degree grades? In the UK your degree class (grade) is moderately important for your first job

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terminalshorttoday at 10:19 AM

I partied my way through an easy major with nothing to do with my job. The people who didn't have no "superpowers" that I don't. The degree is a bunch of status signalling bullshit.

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