I sometimes wonder whether companies use “Are you willing to specifically study for our interview?” intentionally as a filter. If you entirely abandon any pretense of selecting for job skill, maybe selecting for hoop-jumping compliance is of non-zero value.
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Replying to @patio11
reminded of the argument that college primarily selects for smart enough to do the work but compliant enough to stomach the bullshit
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Replying to @alicemazzy @patio11
that it necessitates or else inoculates into one a self-censoring instinct, to recognize something is stupid but do it anyway
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Replying to @alicemazzy @patio11
For me that was high school. College was learning that I am smart enough to get in a room with people who write the stupid rules and rewrite them
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Replying to @tinysubversions @patio11
yea I just dropped out of both lol
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