Mar 01
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One candidate got a C in macroeconomics. “That’s troubling to me,” Ms. Mayer says. “Good students are good at all things.

i am with Jamie on this. i was a “good student” myself but i’ve made a lot of money over the years backing people with all kinds of backgrounds. i don’t think grades is the filter most people think it is.

-Marissa Mayer, VP and employee 20 at google in today’s NYT

When I saw this comment in the mornings New York Times I almost puked.  I hate this comment and all of the ideas that form it.  Marissa, just remember how many “good students” ran the investment banks…

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    Ha! Per Nassim Taleb, I believe this is called the “round trip error”. It is an error in logic- “good students are good...
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