<p>Parlabane, in reality many people at a certain stage of their life would stick with one profession, try to be in the geographic area where they had a home, their spouses work and their children go to school, and look for jobs that pay well and have potential for growth… in other words, they do have to make a cut based on some objective measures. If they can’t find what they need, they’d loosen up the criteria; or they may start with a wider net, and once get offers that fit their primary criteria they’d quickly refocus. </p>
<p>I do believe rankings are over-rated, but I think “fit” is too. As professionals, as well as teenagers who are ready for BS, we need to be (highly) adaptable so we can survive or even thrive in a variety of places. Is there a disaster inducing “non fit” situation out there? Sure there is and we should try to avoid it as much as we can. Can a group - sometimes a big group of schools/companies of varying sizes and styles - be our fit? Absolutely. Heck, dare I say even with marriage, the one who you tied the knots with may not be “the one and only”. Out of the people you know and don’t know in this world, you could live a happy life with at least a few them - none would be perfect and each may require a different kind of “work”. Isn’t that life?</p>