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Casey Handmer
@CJHandmer
I interview dozens/hundreds of new grads, nearly every day of the year. These are people with a well-formatted resume and a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from well-regarded US universities and a GPA above 3.6. The majority cannot engineer, cannot function independently, cannot answer basic technical questions. We have watered down standards and inflated grades to the point that a bright, enthusiastic student spending four years in school sends almost no signal at all.
What does? Hard evidence of actually building stuff. There is no substitute for actually doing the thing.
San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle· May 28, 2026More than five years after the UC system lifted its standardized testing requirement, a coalition led by UC Berkeley math professors argues the drop in students’ math levels is “severe.” https://t.co/f7TmRT0AuA
11:42 PM · May 28, 2026 · 3M views
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