TCU Construction Updates

[flyfishingfrog]

. Unless what we've watched in 2018 and 2019 continues, I would expect Gary to be here for another 8-10 years and the funding will continue.

I would suggest you never say that timeframe anywhere within hitting or throwing distance of Kelsey...

 

[Peacefrog]

I think most would agree Re: the latter point. I do.

Yes but I fear kids will take this new normal as a way to get their degree online without understanding what they are losing. Then everyone will complain when the degree doesn’t hand them the job/salary they think they are worth because they watched videos online.

 

[Sweat Equity]

Yes but I fear kids will take this new normal as a way to get their degree online without understanding what they are losing. Then everyone will complain when the degree doesn’t hand them the job/salary they think they are worth because they watched videos online.

A la University of Phoenix.

 

[jake102]

Then everyone will complain when the degree doesn’t hand them the job/salary they think they are worth because they watched videos online.

I feel like that ship started to sail in the last ten years. The absurd economy has buffered a lot of it, but plenty of degrees out there that are worth very little, in person or not.

 

[Peacefrog]

A la University of Phoenix.

That was in my last post before I removed it. It’s odd how many supposed Phoenix grads there are but I’ve never met one or had a resume come across my desk from one.

 

[LeagueCityFrog]

I would suggest you never say that timeframe anywhere within hitting or throwing distance of Kelsey...

Coach P wants to leave a champion Bob Stoops style and if LSU can get passed Alabama and Georgia to get there, Coach P can beat OU in a Big XII championship to get that same opportunity. Go Frogs!

 

[Peacefrog]

I feel like that ship started to sail in the last ten years. The absurd economy has buffered a lot of it, but plenty of degrees out there that are worth very little, in person or not.

Yes, so many useless degrees.

I’m saying you need to meet people, learn how to interact with them, build a network, etc to supplement the degree. Very few degrees are going to get you In the door by themselves.

 

[jake102]

you need to meet people, build a network. Very few degrees are going to get you In the door by themselves.

My biggest mistake of college... didn't make near enough connections because I already knew multiple people from HS coming to TCU. Was great strengthening those friendships but should have made others also. Fortunately I got a degree (and then another) that got me in the door by itself.

 

[Eight]

Yes, so many useless degrees.

I’m saying you need to meet people, learn how to interact with them, build a network, etc to supplement the degree. Very few degrees are going to get you In the door by themselves.

why would anyone need to interact with anyone anymore?

simply do everything via zoom and text and email......

 

[HToady]

As an employer, a degree mostly shows that you exhibited the perseverance that a person without one doesn't show....something that an employer wants in their work product. The difference in schools is the extent of said perseverance.

Also, the construction workers were back on the stadium this morning.

 

[Peacefrog]

My biggest mistake of college... didn't make near enough connections because I already knew multiple people from HS coming to TCU. Was great strengthening those friendships but should have made others also. Fortunately I got a degree (and then another) that got me in the door by itself.

I didn’t know a soul at TCU when I got there and was on the other side of the country from home. I had no choice but to build a network.

 

[Sweat Equity]

That was in my last post before I removed it. It’s odd how many supposed Phoenix grads there are but I’ve never met one or had a resume come across my desk from one.

Not one across my desk, either (that I know of). Thank God the FTC stepped in on that piece of garbage.

 

[Sweat Equity]

As an employer, a degree mostly shows that you exhibited the perseverance that a person without one doesn't show....something that an employer wants in their work product. The difference in schools is the extent of said perseverance.

Also, the construction workers were back on the stadium this morning.

I admire this approach but I take the Elon Musk approach. Don't care a lick abt the bona fides. Harvard, cool. TCU, cool. GED, cool. My hiring process: What will you do for US (= me and you) and how can I help you succeed? That's the question I ask.

Oh, and also if they're a fan of Schitt's Creek. Wife makes me ask that question.

 

[Peacefrog]

I admire this approach but I take the Elon Musk approach. Don't care a lick abt the bona fides. Harvard, cool. TCU, cool. GED, cool. My hiring process: What will you do for US (= me and you) and how can I help you succeed? That's the question I ask.

Oh, and also if they're a fan of Schitt's Creek. Wife makes me ask that question.

At my firm I have some amazing employees that never went to college and are very successful. I have some degreed employees that are terrible.

But, in general, the ones with degrees write better than those that don’t have them. At least that’s been my observation over the past twenty years or so.

 

[Purp]

That was in my last post before I removed it. It’s odd how many supposed Phoenix grads there are but I’ve never met one or had a resume come across my desk from one.

I have. They were both forklift operators making $14.50/hr and couldn't count.

 

[Moose Stuff]

I admire this approach but I take the Elon Musk approach. Don't care a lick abt the bona fides. Harvard, cool. TCU, cool. GED, cool. My hiring process: What will you do for US (= me and you) and how can I help you succeed? That's the question I ask.

Oh, and also if they're a fan of Schitt's Creek. Wife makes me ask that question.

I basically just ask people if they're team Johnny/Cobra Kai or team Daniel/Miyagi. If they say Daniel they're out. I also like to go into detail with them on their thoughts on the odds that Daniel actually could have beaten Dutch in the semis.

 

[HToady]

As an employer, a degree mostly shows that you exhibited the perseverance that a person without one doesn't show....something that an employer wants in their work product. The difference in schools is the extent of said perseverance.

I failed to mention....”unless they went to Baylor, then I don’t hire them at all....”

 

[Froggish]

As an employer, a degree mostly shows that you exhibited the perseverance that a person without one doesn't show....something that an employer wants in their work product. The difference in schools is the extent of said perseverance.

Also, the construction workers were back on the stadium this morning.

Ive been in a hiring role in corporate America for the last 20+ years and used that perseverance line often...The truth is I’m not sure there is any real substance to it. I guess I don’t believe it anymore. I’m finding young graduates to be less capable of fitting into corporate life than ever. Not because they aren’t smart, but because they seem to be less interested in the growth trajectory of corporate life. They are all to impatient to dig their heels in.

 

[Purp]

Ive been in a hiring roll in corporate America for the last 20+ years and used that perseverance line often...The truth is I’m not sure there is any real substance to it. I guess I don’t believe it anymore. I’m finding young graduates to be less capable of fitting into corporate life than ever. Not because they aren’t smart, but because they seem to be less interested in the growth trajectory of corporate life. They are all to impatient to dig their heels in.

Hiring roll? Too much yeast?

 

[ShadowFrog]

I feel like that ship started to sail in the last ten years. The absurd economy has buffered a lot of it, but plenty of degrees out there that are worth very little, in person or not.

Truth