Does Where You Go To School Matter? (And Why Reporters Get This Wrong…)
The Person or the Pedigree? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reports the results of a major compensation survey. The clear conclusion was … Read more
Features: Life After College
Dangerous Ideas: Beware of People Who Tell You Traditional Career Paths are Bad
The Drone Army Self-help blogger Steve Pavlina recently published an article titled: What If You Have Many Different Interests and Cannot Commit to Any of … Read more
Is Low Stress Med School Admissions Possible?
Note to Readers: I’m hitting the road this afternoon for a four-day trip. Because of this, I’m posting Friday’s article one day early so that … Read more
Dangerous Ideas: College Extracurriculars Are Meaningless
Microsoft Doesn’t Care About Clubs In college, I spent a lot of time writing. I started as a humor columnist for the student newspaper … Read more
The Problem with Passion
Greetings from Annapolis You may have noticed there was no Friday blog post. I’m still on the road and have limited computer access. I still wanted, … Read more
The Most Important Piece of Career Advice You Probably Never Heard
Some Advice for the Road I’m leaving this afternoon to attend a college graduation: my second in three weeks. As you might imagine, graduating is … Read more
Disruptive Thinkers: Marty Nemko Wants You To Forget Your Boring Passions
Disruptive Thinkers is a semi-regular series that features interesting people with interesting ideas about college, achievement, or life in general. How to Become Good Marty … Read more
Why I Don’t Regret Getting Straight A’s in College
Jon Dismisses Grades Yesterday, Jon Morrow wrote a guest post on the Brazen Careerist blog. It was titled: Why I Regret Getting Straight-A’s in College. … Read more
