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Who Needs Harvard?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-in-new-haven dept.

theodp writes "Slate's Daniel Gross explores why big corporations are hiring fewer Ivy Leaguers. Is it because today's bosses aren't as snowed by polished young Ivy grads as they were in the past? Or are today's Ivy League graduates simply so wealthy that they no longer feel the need to find stable, high-paying jobs at big companies?"

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  1. The real reason by slavemowgli · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's because they all get hired by Google these days. :)

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  2. -1 Flambait coming up! by Ghoser777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's because they've realized George Bush not only attended, but actually graduated from an Ivy League School.

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    1. Re:-1 Flambait coming up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      liberal controlled? That means slashdot is mainly read by liberals, slashdot = nerd = smart people, so, smart people are liberals!

  3. I have only one word...one word....just ONE WORD! by Newer+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Plastics.

  4. Re:Harvard? by plopez · · Score: 4, Funny

    drop the r's, don't roll them, lengthen and soften the a's. it's more like haav'ad.

    the law of conservation of r's also states to place them where they do not normally exist, such as idea->ide'ar

    hope this helps :)

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  5. Corrected version by jdfox · · Score: 4, Funny
    Being alumni of the ivy...
    You mean "alumnus". "Alumni" is plural, but "alumnus" is singular.

    ...I can say I have had no real advantage in the direct job market because of my school but the network that I was able to develop while at school is second to none.
    You're missing some commas there.

    There is a idiom of ivy arrogance that the only difference between the education you get at Harvard vs other schools is that at other schools you learn about history at Harvard you are taught by the people that made history and sitting in a room with others that will make history.
    Gosh, where to start: "a idiom", missing commas, missing "while" before "at Harvard", no capitalization of "Ivy".
    They would have thrown me out of CMU for writing like that. Is that another key difference between Harvard and non-Harvard education? :)

  6. Re:Stable? by Per+Wigren · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is no such thing as a stable job anywhere in the United States today.

    No?
    Then what is this?

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