It always pains me when I hear a hiring manager say they don't like to hire people with a 4.0 GPA. Do I really want to work at a company that punishes people for being smart and working hard? While I understand the some people with a 4.0 are odd or difficult to work with, it still seems like you'd want to interview them first before moving on to those who demonstrated less ability.
for a computer that can explain office politics to me.
"In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being. I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight. At that point the machine will begin to educate itself with fantastic speed. In a few months it will be at genius level and a few months after that its powers will be incalculable."
-- Marvin Minsky, LIFE Magazine, November 20, 1970
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It always pains me when I hear a hiring manager say they don't like to hire people with a 4.0 GPA. Do I really want to work at a company that punishes people for being smart and working hard? While I understand the some people with a 4.0 are odd or difficult to work with, it still seems like you'd want to interview them first before moving on to those who demonstrated less ability.
for a computer that can explain office politics to me.
"In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being. I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight. At that point the machine will begin to educate itself with fantastic speed. In a few months it will be at genius level and a few months after that its powers will be incalculable." -- Marvin Minsky, LIFE Magazine, November 20, 1970
Wouldn't a tablet PC help out with the diagrams, formulae, etc?