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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hiring manager for software engineers here. The school you attended is absolutely of importance, but not as important as how smart you are or how motivated/excited you seem. And anyone who thinks Harvard has a bad CS program is insane. It’s top 5 in the US for producing truly gifted programmers.[/quote]

Have you read the study google did on programmers from top schools vs state schools.[/quote]

No, I haven’t. Would love to read it, but I couldn’t find it after a few minutes of searching. Can you link it?

I went to a state school, so I know there are plenty of good candidates that come from those schools.[/quote]

I can't find the original study but here are some articles about their hiring process.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregoryferenstein/2015/11/23/why-google-wants-to-stop-hiring-based-on-ivy-league-credentials/#7fe1d6664811

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/12/20/the-surprising-thing-google-learned-about-its-employees-and-what-it-means-for-todays-students/?utm_term=.ee71df5b31d4

The articles are a little cheeky but you get the point.

The original article which I can't find compared programmers from Ivy vs. State school after 5 years of work experience.

Facebook is following their lead. https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2016/05/02/non-ivy-recruiting-brightens-aided-by-facebooks-300-school-list/#a1d653ab5fc4
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