Top feeder schools for tech and Silicon Valley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:actually it’s all about knowing someone - 52% of Salesforce hires are from referrals, and I expect most of the other giants mirror this - even the ones who go to campus -

Google likes to also poach. They prefer referrals over "cold calls".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Graduates of other Universities can still apply and yes, UMD Computer Science graduates make it to the FAANG companies. The key is to be so skilled they have to hire you when you interview. Keep up with the technologies and think/work like a software architect even as a new graduate.

Most people reading and replying to this thread really have no idea what getting hired as a dev for top tier software companies is like. In my limited experience, it’s not at all a matter of “keep up with new technologies” but rather “have a brain that enables you to solve LeetCode ‘hard’ problems in 30 minutes rather than the several hours that very, very smart and skilled devs take. “

I’ve been a developer/development manager for a long time, and I recently went through the interview process for one of companies on this list on a lark. I was shocked at how difficult the technical interview was, and equally shocked to be offered a fairly low level IC developer job paying just under what my current senior architect role pays. Also, the job I was offered was coding in a language I don’t know, but the company said “we know smart people can learn new technologies, we’re not worried about that.”

How about 6 interviews, each one testing and probing you. Factual problems, technical gotchas...

I agree, most here don't understand how difficult the hiring process is in SV.

I thought Google stopped doing the brain teaser questions.

When I interviewed there eons ago, those were the only types of questions they asked - yes, 6 people all asking brain teaser questions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You could also argue the greater benefit of location which is why Santa Clara and SJSU are on the list, as well as Berkeley, Irvine, UCLA, USC, Stanford and UCSD.

Google has a large Pittsburgh office as well after hiring a bunch of CMU profs to start their self-driving efforts (and growing it substantially from there).

Not all schools are located in the bay area. Out of top 20, only 7 are located on the west coast. That is for the ranking that adjusts for student enrollment So for most students, the school matters, not the location.

Adjusting for total enrollment though, as opposed to relevant enrollment.

[Anonymous]

No Lehigh, Bucknell, UVA, UMD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Graduates of other Universities can still apply and yes, UMD Computer Science graduates make it to the FAANG companies. The key is to be so skilled they have to hire you when you interview. Keep up with the technologies and think/work like a software architect even as a new graduate.

The key is to have one of the desired skill sets. CS/Engineering students need to carefully select their upper-level within-major electives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No Lehigh, Bucknell, UVA, UMD?

Bucknell? UVA? No

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huh? I just looked on LinkedIn and @UVA + @Google was very present
weird agenda you have

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:huh? I just looked on LinkedIn and @UVA + @Google was very present
weird agenda you have

Johns Hopkins is at number 26. These are for tech jobs. UVA is not on the list, which I'm mildly surprised with.

[Anonymous]

who cares about any arbitrary rankings when you can check LinkedIn.
Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who cares about any arbitrary rankings when you can check LinkedIn.
Ridiculous.

That's how they compiled this list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could also argue the greater benefit of location which is why Santa Clara and SJSU are on the list, as well as Berkeley, Irvine, UCLA, USC, Stanford and UCSD.

Google has a large Pittsburgh office as well after hiring a bunch of CMU profs to start their self-driving efforts (and growing it substantially from there).

No these people have been laid off.

Google has done rounds and rounds of layoffs in their self-driving efforts.

CMU has a great track record of getting students hired this is a Google isssue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Graduates of other Universities can still apply and yes, UMD Computer Science graduates make it to the FAANG companies. The key is to be so skilled they have to hire you when you interview. Keep up with the technologies and think/work like a software architect even as a new graduate.

The key is to have one of the desired skill sets. CS/Engineering students need to carefully select their upper-level within-major electives.

LOL this thread is so funny to me.

My children went to top engineering schools. Except one, who went to a B tier school. I will be honest i was not happy when they chose that school but we felt strongly it's their life there is always graduate school. Well gee wiz this student went on not only to graduate school at another large state school and has surpassed their siblings who went to what this forum considers the cream of the crop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You could also argue the greater benefit of location which is why Santa Clara and SJSU are on the list, as well as Berkeley, Irvine, UCLA, USC, Stanford and UCSD.

Google has a large Pittsburgh office as well after hiring a bunch of CMU profs to start their self-driving efforts (and growing it substantially from there).

No these people have been laid off.

Google has done rounds and rounds of layoffs in their self-driving efforts.

CMU has a great track record of getting students hired this is a Google isssue.

This list is like 3-4 years old…so it wouldn’t reflect any of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could also argue the greater benefit of location which is why Santa Clara and SJSU are on the list, as well as Berkeley, Irvine, UCLA, USC, Stanford and UCSD.

Google has a large Pittsburgh office as well after hiring a bunch of CMU profs to start their self-driving efforts (and growing it substantially from there).

No these people have been laid off.

Google has done rounds and rounds of layoffs in their self-driving efforts.

CMU has a great track record of getting students hired this is a Google isssue.

This list is like 3-4 years old…so it wouldn’t reflect any of that.

Getting hired isn't the problem. Surviving the brutal work environments and not getting laid off or fired is the big problem. No one cares about schools except the competitive parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could also argue the greater benefit of location which is why Santa Clara and SJSU are on the list, as well as Berkeley, Irvine, UCLA, USC, Stanford and UCSD.

Google has a large Pittsburgh office as well after hiring a bunch of CMU profs to start their self-driving efforts (and growing it substantially from there).

No these people have been laid off.

Google has done rounds and rounds of layoffs in their self-driving efforts.

CMU has a great track record of getting students hired this is a Google isssue.

This list is like 3-4 years old…so it wouldn’t reflect any of that.

Getting hired isn't the problem. Surviving the brutal work environments and not getting laid off or fired is the big problem. No one cares about schools except the competitive parents.

This is partially true. Getting hired is very tough. I worked at a FAANG for 4 years and now work at another big tech company listed here. Work culture/environment is not as brutal/toxic as investment banking or academia but it can be intense and political for sure (late night hrs and weekend work definitely happen). However, this is also the case when working for many other Fortune500s.