It's not about what you learnt- the whole point of hiring people from a certain institute is that you are picking people who were good enough to get into that institute. By going to a top rated institute, you ensure you have a working method of getting access to the 'top of the gene pool'.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]>wrote: > > The question would then arise as to whether most of what is taught - and > learnt with anywhere from resentment to resigned impatience - is any use at > all beyond HR managers insisting on seeing academics certificates before > your first job, and then insisting on hiring people from "the best schools" > to perform tasks that dont require the services of a nuclear physicist or > electrical engineer. Later on - say 10 years down the line, not too good > academics can be conveniently omitted from the CV, to be sure. Then if you > need anything more complex than changing a fused bulb, call an electrician > who never did go to college .. > >
