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Apple's Jobs Tells Graduates About Dropout
The Associated Press
| Monday, June 13, 2005
| By JUSTIN M. NORTON
Posted on 06/13/2005 6:32:43 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
Some of these Stanford intellectuals even have to show up Steve jobs. How clever. I am sure it was a meaningful protest. Some garbage dump somewhere may have a few less computer parts and a few more of something else as a result.
To: minus_273
Most people dont even use their degrees, it is more a measure used for salary calcualtion and to separate the rice from the husk.Absolutely correct, and rightly so. No one, and I do mean no one can force their kid to earn a degree (especially an engineering degree). The degree means that the kid has 'learned to learn' and is not a quiter.
In my field, I don't expect a 'fresh out' to begin to earn their salary for nearly a year on the job. That means, with salary, benefits, vacation, 401K, sick leave, ect .... I'm investing about $100K on every fresh-out that I hire. I don't want the person to have a bad day, and throw up their hands and leave; I want a person who will persevere, who will learn and grow. Statistically speaking, I'm more likely to find those traits in a college graduate.
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posted on
06/13/2005 8:36:25 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
I don't think the environmental group is Stanford affiliated.
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posted on
06/13/2005 8:58:34 PM PDT
by
mcg1969
To: Swordmaker
He said his real education started when he "dropped in" on whatever classes interested him _ including calligraphy. Some read this as him sitting in on classes without paying. If this is true, his attitude toward getting free "bits" has changed dramatically.
To: Swordmaker
Yes, some corporations that turn undergrad program dropouts away from software development jobs may soon be unable to compete. Getting a degree is a small task in comparison to learning to efficiently write good code. For the most part for most people, the two are separate endeavors.
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posted on
06/13/2005 11:54:53 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
To: Hodar
So, let's all tell these people how bad they are for dropping out; I dare say the least of them have exceeded the best of us. Richard Branson was also a dropout.
To: Swordmaker
Before the ceremony, a plane rented by the Computer TakeBack Campaign, an environmental group, flew over the stadium with a banner that read: "Steve, don't be a mini player _ recycle all e-waste." Do these people realize how much pollution a private plane puts out? And how much of that plane will be recycled when the airframe hits its end-of-life?
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
06/14/2005 9:58:48 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: antiRepublicrat
Do these people realize how much pollution a private plane puts out? And how much of that plane will be recycled when the airframe hits its end-of-life? "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" ... Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I would rephrase that to "Little consistency is the hobgoblin of foolish minds" to describe the enviro-wackos.
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06/14/2005 4:01:30 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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