Comment Re:dream on (Score 2) 155
It's just sad that we rely on pieces of paper to 'prove' our worth, even when most of the people with pieces of paper don't know what they're doing (Most of the people without don't either.). It's also sad that you need to waste your time in rote memorization facilities in order to get scholarships. It's just a huge waste of time and effort.
You know what you are? Bitter.
I would be bitter too if I got rejected just because I didn't have a certain piece of paper. That's illogical garbage.
But being "bitter" doesn't debunk his little rant. But yeah, I don't see why he would decline to hire someone just because they're rich; it seems like the same sort of petty nonsense that leads to employers not hiring people because they're lacking pieces of paper.
Clearly written by someone who never was at one of these top CS schools. I assure you that rote memorization won't get you a degree at any of them. Most of my tests at CMU were open book and open note and I can count on 1 hand how many times I used my textbook or notes during a test. Why? Because the tests weren't rote memorization tests but instead tested for your ability to synthesize what you learned and apply it to a domain you might not have ever considered. One question on my OS final was to write a device driver for an optical disk, with a pencil and paper (no compiler or debugger) in valid C. Rote memorization won't help you there. Quit being bitter and ignorant about educational experiences you haven't had. Perhaps there is a reason all the CS profs come from MIT, Berkeley and CMU...
PS Berkeley graduates about 4X the CS major as MIT and CMU combined. Not sure the author considered this in their analysis...good engineers are supposed to see this type of omission. Guess CIOs aren't...