Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts?
1) A college degree is more about signaling your worth than about learning.
This is hardly a brilliant insight—many are now saying this. But when you’ve lived it yourself, it changes your perspective on everything.
People opened doors for me and gave me a chance on a few occasions because of my academic degrees. But what I did with those opportunit... See more
This is hardly a brilliant insight—many are now saying this. But when you’ve lived it yourself, it changes your perspective on everything.
People opened doors for me and gave me a chance on a few occasions because of my academic degrees. But what I did with those opportunit... See more
Ted Gioia • Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts?
As someone who invested so much time and money in big-ticket credentials, that’s painful to admit. But I’ve seen too much to ignore the facts. I now grasp that people who are genuine visionaries know at an early stage that they can teach themselves, think for themselves, and manage themselves. Those are more valuable skills than any degree.