Reply to UMD vs Vt for CS?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "UMD vs Vt for CS?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You get thousands of applicants. How does your AI filter these resumes?  I'm guessing you are not looking at every resume one by one.

I don't think anyone is saying that VT CS grads are subpar compared to UMD CS grads.  But, when you are starting out, where you went to school or who you know helps.

And I say this as someone who went to a no name B rated state school.  While I did well for myself in the end, it took me a lot longer and harder to get where I got to compared to those who went to "better" schools.  I was in the tech field for 20 years in SV, including working for a FAANG.

Again, in the end, it may not matter where you went to school, but starting out, it can matter.

What are employment numbers for VT CS grads in the last two years?[/quote]

I used AI to filter out applications.  For example, I work in IT and I need a network engineer who is specialized in Cisco and/or PaloAlto products.  Therefore, I code my AI to look for specific products.  If the resume get passed the initial screen, I will take a look at it again to confirm.  I'll talk to the candidate on the phone and schedule an in-person interview after that.  That reduces the pool of applicants from 2000+ to less than twenty.  I don't code my AI to look for "better" schools because it is NOT important.[/quote]
Most college kids just starting out won't have much expeirence. So the AI would filter out most grads when looking at "Cisco and/or PaloAlto products".  In this regard, internships will be incredibly important.

Also, almuni network can be a huge plus, and that is where the "[b]where do the CS college grads go" becomes important.[/b]

Name recognition also becomes more important if you want to get a job not in the DC area.[/quote]

Where do CS college grads go is NOT that important in technology.  It is what you know and what you can do that is a lot more important.

That's the reason why college kids should be doing other things while they are in college (you do not need to have an internship to acquire that skill), like learning vendor products and cloud technologies such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).  These companies offer "free" accounts for college kids to learn.  A college kid WITHOUT experience but if he or she put on the resume with skills such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, that kid is guaranteed to get a very good paying job.  The other thing is to get certifications in AWS, Azure, or Google PRIOR to graduation.  That is a lot more valuable than internship.  I work in cloud consulting and we're desperately looking for cloud engineers with certifications and without experiences because we can train them.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics