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I've worked journalists from Ivy Leagues and almost none of them had a single clue or an idea of a how to get a clue. They weren't stupid, just had no tools for the real world. The best people I've worked w/had determination and drive that had nothing to do with their schooling
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Those people hacked their way into new ideas and disciplines and built cool new things or reported amazing stories. And NYT would never have hired them early in their careers. And that's pretty telling about NYT.