The next step is to show how people with an online portfolio (perhaps after getting educated online) are readily employable. Should Goldman really only hire from the brick n mortar ivy leagues? Wouldn’t it be more cost effective and safer to get someone with demonstrable mad excel skills or market know-how’s on their tik toks?
People without diplomas from distinguished universities that win Kaggle or Topcoder contests are already getting hired by top quant funds. Getting into a good college is about gaming a system. Winning aforesaid contests is about having hard-core skills.
Paul Graham of YC is a big proponent of down-weighting diplomas when making hiring/funding decisions as well.
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The future will be edutainment
The next step is to show how people with an online portfolio (perhaps after getting educated online) are readily employable. Should Goldman really only hire from the brick n mortar ivy leagues? Wouldn’t it be more cost effective and safer to get someone with demonstrable mad excel skills or market know-how’s on their tik toks?
Something like hackerrank scores could serve as a substitute for CS degrees
People without diplomas from distinguished universities that win Kaggle or Topcoder contests are already getting hired by top quant funds. Getting into a good college is about gaming a system. Winning aforesaid contests is about having hard-core skills.
Paul Graham of YC is a big proponent of down-weighting diplomas when making hiring/funding decisions as well.