One candidate got a C in macroeconomics. “That’s troubling to me,” Ms. Mayer says. “Good students are good at all things.
-Marissa Mayer, VP and employee 20 at google in today’s NYT
If this were intended to mean “good students are good at all subjects” I’ll accept the statement as true, as far as it goes; the question that remains unanswered, however, is whether it really pays off in the long term to select for “good students” rather than “smart people.”
