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Alicorn comments on Overcoming the negative signal of not attending college. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Alicorn 17 February 2011 06:44:47PM 3 points [-]

It never occurred to me to consider completion of NaNoWriMo a credential, but now that I think of it, it actually is.

Comment author: jmmcd 17 February 2011 08:44:34PM 6 points [-]

I know someone who works in HR/recruitment and she told me that having a marathon or similar achievement on your CV makes a big impression on recruiters.

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 17 February 2011 08:15:28PM 3 points [-]

Speaking as a two-time NaNoWriMo winner myself (2009: Not Taking This Seriously, 2010: Kevin Levitin and the Special Snowflake Syndrome), I don't consider it an impressive credential. Writing something good during NaNoWriMo is impressive, but merely generating the 50,000 words is not difficult as long as you keep a sufficiently low quality standard.

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