[cirgue]

GPA, in my experience, seems to map exactly onto your ability to wrangle a good GPA. That set of skills is largely orthogonal to solving hard problems or making useful contributions to a team.

[mrguyorama]

To me, that just sounds like your teachers and professors were piss poor at their job and had no idea how to grade properly.

[cirgue]

I was referring to my experiences with hiring engineers. Throwing shade about people's education isn't cool.