Yahoo CEO Admits Falsely Claiming Computer Science Degree. Does It Matter?

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  Ankita Katdare

  I was baffled when I saw most of the tech blogs covering this news to make it spread like wildfire.
  
  Most people are talking about he being a highly qualified liar. And saying that being a liar is what qualifies him to be an executive. After all, most executives are just politicians, and politicians seemingly have a pathological need to lie. 😕 This is so not right.
  
  If I say I have MIT PhD degrees in CS and IT, will I get a job at Yahoo now?
  Yahoo must have hired him for his experience at PayPal since that’s a much better indicator of success than what he majored in.
  
  No matter what Yahoo does, they keep getting bad press.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I'd not think he's a liar. As I said, it could have been an admin staff's mistake. But who knows? Having a degree is good but it's not a must. Degree is just a sheet of paper, it doesn't guarantee how you work and where do you work.
  
  I remember when working for a big company; I had to reject a candidate just because he didn't have an 'engineering degree', he had this MCA degree but his technical knowledge would put him ahead of CS engineers with 5 years of experience!
  
  #badsystems!
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  ms_cs

  Yes It matters. He lied..thats what I assume. because, if the admin staff have done the mistake, in the media he would have not blamed the chicago consultant , for the same.
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  durga ch

  I think its more if moral defamation rather than defamation of his abilities. No one prefers employees with fake CV, let alone it be CEO.