Regarding elite university degrees: In my second career with a large consulting firm, my duties including hiring -- interviewed thousands and hired hundreds over 17 years. When job descriptions called for a degree, we gave no consideration to Ivy League degrees. The devil is in the details, though. For example, people interested in hospitality management get a leg up if they graduated from Cornell's program. Ivy League grads gravitate towards four cities more than any others -- New York, Boston, Washington DC and San Francisco. If one of those four were my desired destination, it would help if I had an Ivy League school degree. Elsewhere, not so much.
Just finished reading about the French couple who took the photos of Paris for two years of the Nazi occupation and before they were discovered and ratted out by co-workers because taking photos without authorization was verboten. Absolutely fascinating story of sleuthing to find out the photographer and what happened upon discovery. I’m passing this story on if you don’t mind. Made my day. For all who have been to Paris what one sees in this album is not a pleasant sight.
When I had to fly coast-to-coast or other long routes I would price out two round trips on different airlines with a stay over a weekend. At the time, the duration of your travel had an impact on prices. I could often obtain a better price for a trip using this technique.
Regarding elite university degrees: In my second career with a large consulting firm, my duties including hiring -- interviewed thousands and hired hundreds over 17 years. When job descriptions called for a degree, we gave no consideration to Ivy League degrees. The devil is in the details, though. For example, people interested in hospitality management get a leg up if they graduated from Cornell's program. Ivy League grads gravitate towards four cities more than any others -- New York, Boston, Washington DC and San Francisco. If one of those four were my desired destination, it would help if I had an Ivy League school degree. Elsewhere, not so much.
Just finished reading about the French couple who took the photos of Paris for two years of the Nazi occupation and before they were discovered and ratted out by co-workers because taking photos without authorization was verboten. Absolutely fascinating story of sleuthing to find out the photographer and what happened upon discovery. I’m passing this story on if you don’t mind. Made my day. For all who have been to Paris what one sees in this album is not a pleasant sight.
When I had to fly coast-to-coast or other long routes I would price out two round trips on different airlines with a stay over a weekend. At the time, the duration of your travel had an impact on prices. I could often obtain a better price for a trip using this technique.