I looked this up to confirm, and as it turns out, this comment is correct: Harvard indeed does not have valedictorians. Also, while I do believe that good communication and interpersonal skills are going to be very beneficial for everyone throughout their life and career, this guy sounds... as if he might be taking liberties with the truth in his story? What he is basically saying is that the top Harvard student ended up working for him as a salesperson and couldn't sell products. While this is technically possible, it seems unlikely that the top student of one of the most prestigious universities in the world ended up taking a job as an entry level salesperson: A job which doesn't sound like its what a very expensive degree from Harvard is intended to equip you for.
Even computer programmer needs interpersonal skills to advance in career, otherwise people with less technical capabilities will go right past you and become your manager.
@@randomperson5817 Abraham Lincoln must be really good looking during his times. If he could live a life a tragedy, failures and still become president of US then I am not sure what else you need for motivation. Get out of victim mentality and try to learn new skillsets including softskills that's the only way to long term success.
Yes don’t learn skills in being able to successfully interact with people instead learn about oh I don’t know maybe girls can be boys and boys can be girls or maybe the US is a racist country or how about socialism is good and capitalism is bad. Here you have a successful person in the free market saying these skills are vital in the workforce and new graduates don’t have these skills but yet in your mind they shouldn’t be taught. Maybe you run a successful company and can provide greater insight?
@Rob-me8vp Actually I do run a successful company and formerly was a university professor - though technically retired from both. He is looking for something that applies if you look at university being a vocational school. Perhaps you can argue for his ideas if you do a business degree or such but not if you are doing mathematics, physics, history, English etc etc. In fact it should more fall under job training at your employer not in the university structure. But I guess it all depends on what you think a university is supposed to be doing.
Being a good communicator comes down to being born good looking. If you’re ugly and you mess up, everybody laughs at you and you never want to present ever again.
Harvard doesn't have valedictorians.
I looked this up to confirm, and as it turns out, this comment is correct: Harvard indeed does not have valedictorians.
Also, while I do believe that good communication and interpersonal skills are going to be very beneficial for everyone throughout their life and career, this guy sounds... as if he might be taking liberties with the truth in his story?
What he is basically saying is that the top Harvard student ended up working for him as a salesperson and couldn't sell products. While this is technically possible, it seems unlikely that the top student of one of the most prestigious universities in the world ended up taking a job as an entry level salesperson: A job which doesn't sound like its what a very expensive degree from Harvard is intended to equip you for.
Do you want an accountant that knows if prepaid rent is a credit or do you want to like the guy. You go to college so you are useful not likeable
College should teach communication. Better.
Even computer programmer needs interpersonal skills to advance in career, otherwise people with less technical capabilities will go right past you and become your manager.
Interpersonal skills come down to being born good looking which creates confidence. Abused as a child, ugly, or have aspergers? Doomed
@@randomperson5817 Abraham Lincoln must be really good looking during his times. If he could live a life a tragedy, failures and still become president of US then I am not sure what else you need for motivation.
Get out of victim mentality and try to learn new skillsets including softskills that's the only way to long term success.
He is so wrong.
How?
@Rob-me8vp He is stating a bunch of things that a university has no business teaching. Learn those skills elsewhere.
Yes don’t learn skills in being able to successfully interact with people instead learn about oh I don’t know maybe girls can be boys and boys can be girls or maybe the US is a racist country or how about socialism is good and capitalism is bad. Here you have a successful person in the free market saying these skills are vital in the workforce and new graduates don’t have these skills but yet in your mind they shouldn’t be taught. Maybe you run a successful company and can provide greater insight?
@Rob-me8vp Actually I do run a successful company and formerly was a university professor - though technically retired from both.
He is looking for something that applies if you look at university being a vocational school.
Perhaps you can argue for his ideas if you do a business degree or such but not if you are doing mathematics, physics, history, English etc etc.
In fact it should more fall under job training at your employer not in the university structure.
But I guess it all depends on what you think a university is supposed to be doing.
Being a good communicator comes down to being born good looking. If you’re ugly and you mess up, everybody laughs at you and you never want to present ever again.