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does school someone graduated from matter in the workplace?

does school someone graduated from matter in the workplace?

  • Yes, higher tier schools generally produce more competent professionals

  • no

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brainhulk

brainhulk

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I am beginning to think it does.

Recently at work everyone had to take a Certification Exam. I thought it was super easy. I couldn't believe only 60% of us passed the first time. When I started hearing about those that failed, I noticed they all graduated from the lower tier schools. All the USC and UCSF grads passed.

So do you guys think those from better schools are more competent?
 
brainhulk said:
I am beginning to think it does.

Recently at work everyone had to take a Certification Exam. I thought it was super easy. I couldn't believe only 60% of us passed the first time. When I started hearing about those that failed, I noticed they all graduated from the lower tier schools. All the USC and UCSF grads passed.

So do you guys think those from better schools are more competent?
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Too many variables in this question, but in general higher tier schools have a higher admissions requirements and higher degree requirements. So I imagine those who passed who went to these higher tier schools are used to studying and passing hard exams.

But, I don’t believe schooling is a major factor in how one does in the workplace. There are other things that occur in the workplaces that are not taught in schools (i.e. office politics)
 
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I went to a mediocre state school.

At my job I see plenty of private graduates (Brandeis, BU, etc) doing the same shit I do.

My GF went to same school as me. She works for Big 4 now.

Most of the time school doesn't matter except top 10 (Ivy league, etc) where they really get hooked up and networked with great jobs.
 
It's all about the network that going to a Harvard or Yale connects you with more than the school itself. That has nothing to do with competence though so can't answer the poll.
 
It's all about the network you develop. Look at MIT...when you graduate, if you cannot find a job, there is always Lincoln Laboratory. Most colleges push research in house, but MIT pushes research by having students start companies and doing research in the field. If you go to Kendall Square, there is one building with over 100 MIT start ups that are dedicated to doing research. Other colleges would have simply kept that research in house.
 
does school someone graduated from matter in the workplace?
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What the fuck are you trying to say?

Perhaps, does the school you graduated from matter in the workplace.

Sweet bleeding Christ on a cross.
 
I am easily in the top three as far as intelligence goes in my office, and I am the only person without a degree (afaik). I don't like classroom environments, so I just never finished. It's definitely hindered me, but people in this office generally know I'm smart as hell.
 
A good school would give you a nice head start over those that graduated from a lesser school. It would also be more likely to hook you up with a better job right out of school.

After awhile though it wouldn't matter as much as your work experience. I mean, who cares if you graduated from MIT if you got fired from your last job because you stole stuff.
 
It depends on the sector. If law, then yes. Most others, nope. That isn't to say graduating from an Ivy League school won't get you more good attention though. But graduating from a state school isn't going to hurt you if that's what you're asking.
 
It really depends. It definately got me my first job out of college and very likely had an impact in my getting the next two.

Some schools just seem to promote an attitude of hiring other alumns
 
Yes, it definitely depends. I know a lot of construction/engineering companies in the Chicago area do a lot of their recruiting from Purdue. Down in Atlanta they do it mostly from GT. So opportunities might be greater depending on the school you go to, but it certainly does not mean everything. Most of the people I see moving up are the people who were average students who went to average universities. Obviously that is a generality for what I see, so it is different everywhere, but it proves that you don't need big time schooling to be successful.
 
It might matter for your first job, but after you get experience, generally it doesn't matter where you graduated, and in many cases, doesn't matter if you graduated either.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
So, you check out all of your doctors to see where they went to school?

Guess what they call the guy who graduated last in his class in med school?
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As long as said doctor graduated from an accredited institution and has a valid medical license it doesn't matter to me.
 
Grossly oversimplifying, yes, grads from top tier schools are more intelligent than grads from other schools. (IMO)

To get into and graduate from top tier schools, you have to be very intelligent and have the drive to graduate.

Work ethic and overall drive goes a long way though. Effort can make up the difference.
 
Smarter people probably end up going to more name-brand institutions. Therefore in a statistical analysis it may appear that the school made a difference, but one must keep in mind that they likely had smarter people matriculate to begin with.
 
Sometimes. That's partly obscuring the relationship though. Does attending, e.g., Harvard make one more prepared for work than attending Bumfuck State U? Maybe to some extent. But the real difference is that Harvard is allowed to be extremely selective about who they take -- people who drop out of Harvard tend to be almost as successful as those who graduate, because the real test comes when you get admitted. Employers aren't allowed to test for intelligence, but are allowed to decide based on college attendance, so they let colleges test it for them.

edit: ninja'd by bhanson.
 
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