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Old 10-05-2010, 09:48 PM
 
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these lists mean nothing.

Of course it means something. They did a little research regarding College Grads etc..

Book Smarts. It is nice to know there are many intelligent people here, but there is also street smarts and common sense smarts. Frankly, many book smart people don't have common sense. Those Genius/ Autistic people can't balance their check book.

We do have a good amount of Brains here though.
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Old 10-06-2010, 12:02 AM
 
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Of course it means something. They did a little research regarding College Grads etc..

Book Smarts. It is nice to know there are many intelligent people here, but there is also street smarts and common sense smarts. Frankly, many book smart people don't have common sense. Those Genius/ Autistic people can't balance their check book.

We do have a good amount of Brains here though.
Its not what you know, its who you know.
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Old 10-06-2010, 12:03 AM
 
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Even if that were true, what difference would it make? Most of you is probably an immigrant from Europe.
This happened from the dot.com boom.
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Old 10-06-2010, 12:12 AM
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You would figure all the 'brainy" people here could actually do something like create jobs...
pshhh don't be silly...they're using their smarts on "important" things, such as banning cigarettes from pharmacies, banning toys from McDonald's, and attempting to name a sewage treatment plant after George W. Bush. They can't be bothered with trivial crap like "jobs". What kind of circus do you think this is?
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Old 10-06-2010, 09:07 AM
 
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pshhh don't be silly...they're using their smarts on "important" things, such as banning cigarettes from pharmacies, banning toys from McDonald's, and attempting to name a sewage treatment plant after George W. Bush. They can't be bothered with trivial crap like "jobs". What kind of circus do you think this is?
"Brainy" people are great at big picture thinking such as coming up w/ new laws like banning toys from happy meals to help curb obesity in children or innovation such as creating new ways to transform and deliver information (ipods/ipads).

Brainy people also tend to process information intuitively vs. taking things at face value so sometimes they appear to lack common sense. (book smarts vs. street smarts)

This may be why "book smart" people are generally terrible at tasks involving logistics, details and other "obvious things" like job creation, or fixing roads.
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Old 10-06-2010, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Any "common sense" person would get an education. There are loads of people that are both street smart and book smart at the same time. They are not mutually exclusive. No major company is going to hire someone without an education. No venture capitalist is going to invest in your business when you don't have a degree. Getting a degree is the way to go these days not like when it was in the 50s.

Of course there people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates who didn't have a degree but they were educated in different ways. With Steve Jobs, he dropped in on classes while Bill Gates went to a computer lab in a college nearby during his high school years.
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Old 10-06-2010, 10:31 PM
 
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With Steve Jobs, he dropped in on classes while Bill Gates went to a computer lab in a college nearby during his high school years.
and this is less possible now?...information is more available now, but college degrees are more required for jobs that probably shouldn't require them. Sure its great for all the people that go to a good school, but for the rest just having a "degree" from lame brain diploma mill is watering down the market.
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Old 10-06-2010, 10:57 PM
 
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Its not what you know, its who you know.

How does that apply to the conversation?
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Old 10-06-2010, 11:03 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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How does that apply to the conversation?
B/C it's quite often true, as opposed to getting good jobs through brains or talent.
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Old 10-07-2010, 02:16 PM
 
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B/C it's quite often true, as opposed to getting good jobs through brains or talent.

I understand that is how it works much of the time, but how does that diminish the fact that SF and SJ have a large amount of people with degrees living there?

The story is not about why you live in the Bay Area, it just points out that many people here have degrees.
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