https://throw.nullreference.io/tags/mediocrity/ Recent content in Mediocrity on Throwin' Exceptions Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Copyright © 2020-{year} Elan Hasson. All Rights Reserved. Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:24:00 +0000 https://throw.nullreference.io/posts/attaboys-and-mediocrity-in-the-modern-workplace-the-war-against-meritocracy/ Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:24:00 +0000 https://throw.nullreference.io/posts/attaboys-and-mediocrity-in-the-modern-workplace-the-war-against-meritocracy/ I recently attended a week of training courses instructed by Cardinal Path to deepen my knowledge of Google AdWords and Google Analytics . At the end of the course I received the Certification of Completion. All I had to do to get this certification is pay a bunch of money and show up. While showing up is half the battle, it certainly doesn’t mean that I learned anything or that I achieved anything noteworthy.