Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Google thinks outside the box

Business Insider reports a new hiring trend at Google - those without college degrees.
"One of my own frustrations when I was in college and grad school is that you knew the professor was looking for a specific answer," Bock says. "You could figure that out, but it’s much more interesting to solve problems where there isn’t an obvious answer. You want people who like figuring out stuff where there is no obvious answer." 
After two or three years, performance at college is "completely unrelated" to performance at Google, because the skills you learn are so different and you change so much, Bock says.
Google can learn.
Can our youth?

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