Ask HN: Requesting HN'ers to give me Career advice

Post by starkfist » Mon, Jun 28, 2010, 1:32 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #30

starkfist wrote: post #23

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Well, if his dream really is to work for McKinsey, he's right... they care more about grades then they do about open source contributions. However, given his preferred career path I don't know why he's studying computer science at all. He should be studying economics and finance.

McKinsey/BCG/etc don't just hire "economics and finance" students (neither do the banks), that's just an urban myth. CS is fine for both, you do need relevant work experience + a good uni though.

Post by Absolute0 » Tue, Jun 29, 2010, 5:04 AM UTC

karanbhangui wrote: post #32

kunjaan wrote: post #29

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I don't understand the secrecy. What stops you from telling us you undergrad school?

In fact, I'm more curious is I'm correct about gtech and yahoo.