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You picked a school to contradict your own argument. You are probably better off spewing the common anecdote here -- "someone graduated from podunk state manages several Ivy grads", or "GMU grad is making millions at age of 22".  For an Indian back then, getting into IIT is more difficult than an American getting into Harvard/MIT. IIT is THE elite college for Indians. I have no idea whether that has anything to do with their hiring but it certainly didn't hurt their chances.

The reality is elite colleges admit higher quality students. The education they provided is superior to average schools. On every piece of resume, whether it's for fresh out of college, or 30 years into workforce, education is always listed. Selective employers use it to do an initial screen to lessen their effort for recruiting. It's only one data point. But it is an important one especially for fresh graduates.[/quote]

This is a load of B.S. I know IIT, and I know IIT grads, worked with a few of them, still do, and have interviewed/hired a few. So, don't give me the B.S about it is the Harvard of India. They are good engineers, no question, some are better than the others, period, and not all of them are Harvard material if they have to compete on merit alone. There were at least 3 IIT engineers I hired on a contract a while back, when I was a Tech lead who wasn't up to the same level in programming as one of my other engineers from a state college, what does that mean? just like everywhere getting into a particular school by breaking through an qualifying test or graduating won't make you automatically stand out, neither does going to a state college make you any lesser. Obviously there is a higher chance you get better quality at a top school, but that doesn't prevent the candidate with quality from state school to stand out in front of employers. Anyone who is claiming otherwise have not been involved in the hiring process, or you were just a poor hiring manager who just looks at the college someone attended to pick resume. When I select, I look at all data points and will never rule out a candidate because they attended a state college.

Lastly, the folks who are responding to my example of these tech CEO's are missing the whole point of that post. Those guys did not get where they are because of their undergrad school, but what they did after, going to Stanford, UIUC, and Chicago-Booth, that's the point, sometimes you get a head start by going to a elite school early, sometimes you get there later, it doesn't matter, quality will find a way. Some kids don't get opportunity to attend elite schools right out of college, not because they are not smart, but many other reasons including late maturity, socio-economic status, parents education, exposure to good school, many reasons. The DCUM posters who write off the kids who go to bottom 50 school here are really poor parents. Kids should be encouraged to continue to do well and work hard no matter where they go, instead of telling them your opportunities are shut out just because you didn't get into Harvard. Jeez!!![/quote]

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