Sep 15, 2026 · 27 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail A recruiter asked for my GPA. I told her: two. She slid my resume back across the table and said they only take 3.0 and above…
Jason TantlingerHost
I told her, "Two-point [claps] cutoff." Slid my resume back across the table and said, "Sorry, we only take 3.0 and above." And I'm thinking, "What?" [upbeat music] All right, everybody.

So today, how I actually got here, what I wanted to be before this, the moment in high school where I did some math on myself, and an afternoon at a career fair that I still think about to this day.
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I told her, "Two-point [claps] cutoff." Slid my resume back across the table and said, "Sorry, we only take 3.0 and above." And I'm thinking, "What?" [upbeat music] All right, everybody.

So today, how I actually got here, what I wanted to be before this, the moment in high school where I did some math on myself, and an afternoon at a career fair that I still think about to this day.