[quote=paramount]You would hold up a few anecdotal examples and conclude that an Ivy league education counts for basically nothing?
Look, if you can get into an Ivy Leaque school within a year I’ll give you $500 bucks. I’m not saying you have to enroll, just get admitted.
And speaking of being connected, isn’t that how most get govt jobs to begin with…?
The govt has the most discriminatory hiring practices of all employers in the US IMO.
Will you stop at nothing to try and convince us all of your Superior Govt Worker Race Theory?[/quote]
An Ivy League education counts because it offers more opportunities to network. That has always been the case. The people who graduate from these universities are not 100X (or even 10X) better or smarter than everyone else; they simply have more connections, usually before and after attending the institution.
As for the bolded part of your post…you have got to be kidding. Public agencies are THE most egalitarian employers out there. My father worked in public service, my husband does, and I did, in addition to many other friends and family members. NONE OF US had any inside help of any kind at all.
Public agencies are also more likely to focus on diversity WRT gender, race, physical ability, etc.
Your statements show exactly how ignorant you are about this topic, once again. Either you are truly clueless, or you’re just trolling. I’m losing my patience with these stupid emotional remarks of yours.
And yes, those Caltech graduates may very well be working in Civil Engineering or other specialties in which you wrongly think they don’t exist.
