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To: BBQToadRibs
There’s always state universities, sweetheart. Ain’t no shame in that game.

There really isn't, I graduated from West Virginia University. I was hired on to an accounting firm with graduates from Stanford and Harvard Business. I now have a higher position in the company than either. An Ivy League college might give you a better chance of getting hired to your first job or it might allow you to bargain for a better starting salary. But after that it all comes down to performance. It doesn't matter if you graduated with top honors from Harvard, if your performance is lacking your educational background won't matter for very long.

25 posted on 06/14/2019 8:38:34 AM PDT by apillar
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To: apillar
But after that it all comes down to performance. It doesn't matter if you graduated with top honors from Harvard, if your performance is lacking your educational background won't matter for very long.

No kidding. I'm a farm kid from Utah that graduated from Weber State University and managed to get a sales job with Xerox in 1967. Didn't take long to outdo all the Harvard and Stanford elitists.

31 posted on 06/14/2019 8:52:07 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah: Where the world comes to see America)
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To: apillar

Absolutely correct...seen it with my own eyes...


35 posted on 06/14/2019 9:05:41 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: apillar
There really isn't, I graduated from West Virginia University.

I am a lawyer who has worked in law firms and in business. I have worked with many folks from the top schools in the country. Of the three most talented people I have worked with in my career two were from the University of Maryland and one did not graduate high school.

38 posted on 06/14/2019 9:21:16 AM PDT by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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To: apillar

Lol, except in govt.


74 posted on 06/14/2019 6:58:14 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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