[Chicago] Sanity Check

[Massimo Di Pierro]

On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Kumar McMillan wrote:

> This is a big thread but I think it's important to discuss.  Every
> company should strive to hire the best possible talent but they are
> going to lose out on some smart people if they continue their
> excessive bureaucracy.

Although I agree with this, I would like a not-so-funny anecdote.
At the University we have a career center and I deal with a lot of employers. Often we have meeting with them and often we discuss our curriculum with them to see if our students have the right skills. Sometimes they contact me directly asking to recommend a somebody for hire.

Ofteny I reply something like: "you should contact Mr. XYZ, he is my best student this quarter".

In more than one occasion the employer replied: "we do not want the best student. We want an average student. One that will do what he/she is told without questioning".

Massimo