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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MBB Consulting - Bachelor's AND MBA prestige matter

Engineering - Literally any college, get the degree, can you do the work. A kid from Cal Tech can be working alongside UC Irvine . [/quote]

By the same logic, a kid from UC Irvine can be working alongside a local community college student. No reason to overpay for a nameless UC Irvine degree when a CC Irvine does the same job. [/quote]

Reductio ad absurdum is a silly response.

One does actually need a 4 year degree in engineering, either from a very top engineering school (which might ignore ABET) or from literally any ABET-accredited E School.  CCs do not offer those 4 year ABET accredited degrees.  PP is fundamentally right.  An MIT or CalTech engineering grad often will work next to someone from UMBC or ODU or GMU or WVU, doing the exact same work.

Within academia, where one obtained one’s PhD really does matter.  The politics of academic publishing mean those CalTech or MIT or CMU PhD/ScD grads will have a leg up in getting the right publications — and getting NSF funding — which can be important for tenure and advancement.[/quote]

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