Quote: (12-06-2011 08:52 PM)MikeCF Wrote:
Quote: (12-06-2011 08:14 PM)Samseau Wrote:
Grades measure obedience more than intelligence. Even in the hard sciences.
"Do assignments X, Y, and Z, and in the format I tell you!"
Following orders isn't a mark of high intelligence.
Recognizing the advantages of good grades (good luck getting in at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other start-ups with shitty grades) is a mark of high IQ.
Not doing work because, well, "Fuck it I'm 19, so how dare some professor tell me anything!" is petulant, and insufferable to any guy who has done shit with his life.
I could get a job at those places probably and I have shitty grades. It's more about your skills, a portfolio of delivered work, and how well you interview test on your algorithms & multithreading class material, and whatever else your actually being hired for.