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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is anecdotal but widespread: One of the things most kids who attend an elite school will admit to would be getting that internship/first job on the strength of the school's name.

Anecdotal: my colleagues who went to elite schools say their resume still gets second looks 30 years after graduating.

This is a fact: some companies only actively recruit at certain schools. Palantir for one.

There is a hierarchy of CS jobs with wide pay disparities. Even within Google, there is a hierarchy of jobs from very desirable to meh.

Will you get to that dream first/second CS job out of VT or UVA or GMU? Of course. But those UMD resumes are getting deeper and harder looks. And those MIT/Stanford/UCB/CMU resumes are on the top of the pile.[/quote]
"Anecdotal: my colleagues who went to elite schools say their resume still gets second looks 30 years after graduating."

These are your computer programming/architect colleagues? Because 30 years is a long time from college. One would hope they have computer science accomplishments that demonstrate their abilities. Not a college degree from 3 decades ago.[/quote]

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