Callum Borchers

Nobody is impressed by your GPA.

You put up good grades in college, congratulations, well done.

The trouble is that good grades have always been a dubious predictor of professional success, and that may be truer than ever for a couple of reasons.

Number one, you were schooled at a time of widespread grade inflation, and two, that coincided with the advent of these AI shortcuts that colleges are really struggling to police.

I mean, we just saw Princeton revise its century-plus-year-old honor code to require exam proctors because the temptation to cheat is just so hard to resist.

Now, this isn't entirely your fault, but the reality is that hiring managers just don't know how to judge the significance of a 4.0 or a high GPA anymore.

So better to just leave that to the side and think about having to prove yourself all over again.