IP: degreeless talent

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 18:26:01 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Subject: degreeless talent
>
> Is it really important that white boys from the US get degrees?
>
> George Bush is immensely proud of his "C" average, at least it would seem 
> so from his commencement address at Yale.
>
> And Marc Andreesen and Bill Gates both appeared in an article in the NYT 
> or WSJ (I can't remember which) a couple of years ago where they each 
> suggested degrees were unnecessary for high-tech success.
>
> Perhaps it is chauvinistic, but the role models we get here in the US are 
> pretty uninterested in serious technical education.
>
> - David
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