Comment Why GPA is not so good a metric to hire. (Score 1) 808
Says, Joel:
The problem in this argument is straightforward: you can choose your job, but there is hardly a choice on what subjects you study. (Even if there is, you may not have been wise enough to make the right choice. Isn't experience the name we give to our mistakes?)
Really, what use is Strength of Material to me, which was part of my first year CS engineering course in India? Why should I score an 8.0 there? Even if I do, how pertinent is it to my job as a programmer?
On another thread, if I love what I am doing and chose my job for what it presented to me, why would I feel 'bored' there?
(The context being that Joel prefers to hire students who have good scores even under non-CS classes.)Why should I, as an employer looking for software developers, care about what grade you got in European History? After all, history is boring. Oh, so, you're saying I should hire you because you don't work very hard when the work is boring? Well, there's boring stuff in programming, too. Every job has its boring moments. And I don't want to hire people that only want to do the fun stuff.
The problem in this argument is straightforward: you can choose your job, but there is hardly a choice on what subjects you study. (Even if there is, you may not have been wise enough to make the right choice. Isn't experience the name we give to our mistakes?)
Really, what use is Strength of Material to me, which was part of my first year CS engineering course in India? Why should I score an 8.0 there? Even if I do, how pertinent is it to my job as a programmer?
On another thread, if I love what I am doing and chose my job for what it presented to me, why would I feel 'bored' there?
