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[b]Students at CMU or any college where they are taking heavy theoretical computer science courses are the ones who are going to be working on core engineering problems at FAANG and starting/joining other startups.[/b] These skills are going to last their lifetime.
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Hiring manager here. Above is untrue in our experience and to be very clear we work on challenging core engineering problems in my group.

What DOES matter is which upper level electives the student takes. Students who take the harder classes like Compilers, OS internals/kernel programming, real-time systems, embedded systems, Verilog/vhdl, C programming (not Java or C++ or Python or web programming) are the ones who have long term skills -- WITHOUT regard to the specific school or to the so-called prestige or rank of the school.

CS or ComputerE grads who took hard upper level courses outlined above and got a B or better in those courses (no need for an A) are perpetually in shortage, get paid better as a result of the shortage, and are best prepared for lifetime career success.

[b]Those who focus on easier web or cloud or computer gaming classes will have less interesting work, lower lifetime income, and are plentiful.[/b] [/quote]
Up thread some IT hiring manager said all you need is a certificate in cloud, like AWS, and you can get a job.  But, I guess it's a low paying one.[/quote]

I have an AWS solution architect certification and a CS degree from Virginia Tech, and I am making 275K/yr with 75K in annual bonus three years after graduation.  I guess you can say my job is a low paying one.  SMH.[/quote]

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