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Random thoughts based on previous posts:
In my opinion, people who do well in college tend to be successful in the work world as well -- not because they're necessarily more intelligent than non-college graduates, but because the skills needed to do well in college are similar to those needed to do well at a job. If you learn how to work well with deadlines, work well under pressure, work well with authority figures directing you, accomplish tasks you don't necessarily want to do without whining, work to achieve based on internal drive, not external awards -- you're probably going to be relatively successful at work as well. This is similar to my thoughts that while IQ scores or standardized tests don't necessarily correlate with pure intelligence, they correlate with the kind of intelligence that is valued in our society and thus predict success fairly well.
Bottom line: Success in school reflects learned behaviors that can or can't be changed, and that can be learned in or outside of school. Success at standardized testing is mostly genetic/learned early in life, and thus fairly stabilized by the time you hit high school/college. People who have high IQs but don't do well in situations that require deadlines or working well with authority figures, etc., will still be relatively succesful at less conventional jobs. Those who aren't particularly naturally intelligent but have learned how to play the game can do decently at conventional jobs but will probably never be CEO. I don't think Bill Gates could have ever started at the bottom and worked his way to the top because he probably never learned those "playing well with others" skills, but he managed to use his intelligence to become successful. The same goes for everyone from Kanye West to Ron Popeil. (RON POPEIL WAS A COLLEGE DROPOUT, YALL. I KNEW YOU WANTED TO KNOW.)
I don't think women are necessarily more shallow for focusing on "resumes," especially since where men fail to look for resumes they make up for in looking for attractiveness. It's just indicative of what is conditioned into either gender -- women are often conditioned to look for men who will be able to support them, and a degree/financial security is indicative of that. Men aren't looking for people to support them, so they wouldn't really care whether or not a women has an impressive resume. I do agree with the bottom line of James's post, though.
In terms of what valkyrie is saying, women who tend to discard traditional OMGMUSTFINDAHUSBANDTOSUPPORT ME thinking will be more likely to focus on who a man is rather than his money and credentials.
And I'm off to continue the search for the elusive guy who is hot & not a pain in the ass, because I still haven't found him.
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