u/CodedCoder wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The company breaking away so they can be less shady telling students to use that as experience is still shady tbh, also I know for a fact they have told students to add stuff to their resume as experience. You gave a pretty good review, but it is wild what you all will defend or
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I see both sides of this working with alumni who are also conflicted. I agree with OP that it's not something trained as the key to success officially, it's more something people do because they see alumni do it and succeed, or they get stuck on the job hunt for months and day by day massage the resume a little more.
Some people do intentionally pride themselves in bs'ing their OSP under pressure and passing interviews, but not many.
I think the reason it's important to talk about is that it's a tool in a toolbelt. And when we talk about people tend to go to extremes defending or attacking this strategy. There are consequences to a lot of things in this world and there are consequences to this strategy. I think it's important people understand their tools and use them effectively instead of being sold on a magical hammer that can fix everything with no effort.