OldBlue1999;842352255 said:
I don't think they're all morons, I just think they're generally the type of people looking for the easy way rather than willing to buckle down and really work through adversity. Aka, more often than not they're soft and not people you want to have to rely on in the real world.
Bingo!
I've always viewed Furd as an elitist University that cares more about propagation of superiority, class divide, and hubris rather than true education and opportunity. To me Stanford = Halliburton, Phillip Morris, Monsanto, etc. of education - that is they really don't give sh*t about anybody or anything but themselves and their "profit" (in educational terms). This is why as an undergrad I only applied to Berkeley (thank god I got in, lol).
I have found in the work world furdies are not nearly as talented nor do they work as hard as I would expect, and most I have met have an ego that barely fits in the room with others. Granted, I've only worked with a few dozen or so, and I'm sure there are down-to-earth furdies that do not give off that smug arrogance they seem to breed on the farm. Now, I simply trash resume's from furdies because they just aren't worth the time & effort. Let someone else deal with them because I can find more talented, motivated, and hard-working people who aren't conceited!
One small example, one of my best programmers is a Cal CS 2nd year... kid can write code like no-ones business and is as humble and hard working as I found. The kid is a "Furd reject" (his words). I'm actually kind of happy he's at Cal because I think the rejection, adversity, and challenges have made him better (plus he wanted to stay on during the semester, so hope to have him another year or two). He tells me how his friends at furd have much easier classes, and it's not nearly as competitive to get good grades (he's getting C's/B's at Cal whereas all his friends are getting A's at furd for what he views as inferior work). I can tell you this kid is going to be a superstar! My only concern for him is that when he's ready to start his own company, it will not be nearly as easy to raise capital and get things going as it would be if he had went to furd. I know first hand how hard it is (Berkeley undergrad, Cornell MBA here), and furdies have it much much easier. I am wrapping up the sale of my first company (should close next month), and as an entrepreneur it would have been much easier as a furdie. They take care of their own regardless. How else can you explain kids making take-pics-up-girls-skirts apps and the like getting funded (being facetious).
Go Bears!!!
