Diversifying mimicry - Sungjoo
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And two and a half arguments against higher education
1 I read a piece from a former classmate in Slate today. It laments how most students at Harvard treat management consulting, finance, and big tech as their professional default. This argument has been forwarded publicly for quite a while. In fact, type into Google the search term site:thecrimson.com “consulting” + “finance” and you will see about four or five comparable opinions in the paper every year going back to 2010. Alternatively, read enough Hacker News and you will see much of the same that is written about other schools. I think such truisms are unhelpful. Not because I think…
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