I was demonstrating the power of the Singaporean surveillance state to my wife (who lived there many years, but it’s still shocking to her).

Adrianna Tan

I was demonstrating the power of the Singaporean surveillance state to my wife (who lived there many years, but it’s still shocking to her). I was like wanna see my exam results from when I was 16???

I pulled out my national app, it scanned my face, and I show her all my exam results from when I was 16, 18. She was like who the fuck wants to know your O level math results. Why is this a thing. Why do they have it!!

Adrianna Tan

lol not making this up

Adrianna Tan

Employers used to ask to see your school certificates. That’s why when I read about Canonical asking for high school docs during the recruiting process I wasn’t very surprised (I’m guessing the founder came from a similar British colonial school system where this sort of thing is very common). Instead of fixing this (asking employers not to ask for this info) they just.. made it easier to provide this info

Jürgen Hubert

@skinnylatte

It's not uncommon in Germany for employers to ask for your grammar school graduation certificate or whatever when you apply for a job, although that gets less relevant the further you get into your career.

But nobody asks for any interim grades. And this being Germany, I would be surprised if any of these have been digitized for any but the most recent generations of graduates.