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  1. A note to any #recruiters who ask for info about how someone did in college: it fundamentally doesn't matter what #grades someone got, it matters what they learned.

    As an example, I attended a school which has an outright deflationary grading curve. Even in classes where I learned lots, sometimes I got low marks—I got a low grade in Algebra 1, for instance, and then much higher in Honours Linear Algebra.

    Finally, what are you getting by hiring only people with top marks? A #FearOfFalling.