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Old 11-30-2015, 08:24 AM
 
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FYI studies keep finding that GPA has no correlation with job performance. This is why some companies have stopped asking for GPA. My company is one of them.

My boss is probably one of the best engineers I've ever known. He told me once that he graduated with a 2.3.

I've seen guys with high GPA's like 3.8 or 3.9 getting let go at various firms I've worked at for lack of performance.

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Actually, a couple weeks ago they just let go a few people. One of them was someone directly under me. His GPA was about 3.6. Let me tell you, I don't believe I've seen a more incompetent person in this job before.
People can put their GPA in their job app if they want. We certainly don't ask for them. Anyone with the least bit of technical professional background should know through experience that GPA is a terrible predictor of job performance. Everyone in management at my company agrees with this based on their own experiences.
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Old 11-30-2015, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Oregon, formerly Texas
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A high GPA gets you pretty ropes or maybe a medal for your graduation gown.

That is where the benefit stops. No one has EVER asked me what my GPA was. It was high dammit. No one cares. You do or you don't do, that is what matters in the workforce.

Mine is and has always been on my resume but not prominently featured. I never got the sense anyone cared. With grade inflation it doesn't matter much anyway.
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Old 11-30-2015, 11:47 AM
 
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Majoring in something impressive and getting a good GPA in that impressive major translates to majoring in something useful and being good at it. So it's not just stroking an ego, it's very useful. Why is that not obvious?
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Old 11-30-2015, 11:48 AM
 
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I don't even remember what my GPA is. In engineering, I don't really hear it discussed much once you have an established career. Subsequent job interviews never even talk about college.
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Old 11-30-2015, 03:43 PM
 
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Majoring in something impressive and getting a good GPA in that impressive major translates to majoring in something useful and being good at it. So it's not just stroking an ego, it's very useful. Why is that not obvious?
usually, but not entirely true. Pure maths or pure physics is perhaps the most impressive degree you could get, but isn't that economically marketable
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Old 11-30-2015, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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Two Masters degrees (computer science and clinical psych), 35+ years in software related jobs and 6+ years as a clinical counselor, and no one has ever asked about my GPA. Not once.
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