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In school, you always knew where you stood. But in the workforce, it's a lot less clear. As a student, your knowledge was checked on tests and quizzes multiple times per month, perhaps even a few times per week. You probably didn't love being tested; but along with grades, all ...

College degrees that impress employers are harder than ever to obtain and afford. Could innovations in testing level the playing field? Flashback to America in the late 1950's: A grandchild of immigrants, raised by working class parents, is bright and motivated. He studies hard and earns good grades. Despite his ...

Who's more valuable to your organization: Someone who can 'wear multiple hats' or someone who's very talented at one thing? How would you advise a student looking at college options: Pursue a degree that exposed her to a range of disciplines and taught her to think critically in different contexts, ...

Your palms moisten with sweat. You cast furtive glances at others around you, to confirm you're not the only nervous one. The clock tells you it's almost 'go' time. Your heartbeat rises in your chest as you try to squelch a voice inside your head saying, "This could be baaaad..." ...

My late grandfather, Saul Kaye, was among the millions of Brooklyn kids raised by hardworking immigrant parents. He came of age during the Depression, studied hard, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and spent his postwar years doing his part to build America into a powerhouse, while ...

Working on a startup is the new graduate school--you learn a lot, and you hope it will pay off someday. I've learned a ton from my startup experiences, but I'd like to share one of the most important concepts to which our software engineers recently introduced me. It's called Test-Driven ...

The Concept of 'Tight Talent' You're probably familiar with the term "fracking," shorthand for hydraulic fracturing. It involves extracting oil and gas that's locked inside rock formations, and it's the biggest innovation in the energy sector of the past twenty years. Though the practice is controversial, the fracking process contains ...

Imagine you're considering hiring me. Does it matter to you what I know? (I'm guessing it does.) So, how do you know what I know? Think about that one for 4 seconds. You can look at my degrees and academic transcript, but how do you know what I actually learned ...