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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For CS, the school name comes into play when trying to land that first job or two. There are many ways to get to the interview stage, not the least of which involves good old fashioned networking, people you know, any connections of any kind. Once you get to the interview stage, it's all on you, doesn't matter where you went to school.

It just so happens that one of the more common CS rankings highly ranks publics due to research at the graduate level. That doesn't mean they are the best choice for every kid for undergrad CS.[/quote]

Nice story. Except, you are ignoring the facts. Private schools’ placement in high-level tech firms is significantly higher than state universities’. There are tech firms and then there are consumers of tech. Almost all businesses, including mom and pop shops, are IT consumers. That’s where many state university CS grads go. If you know CMU, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, CalTech who are not in Silicon Valley, they are probably busy in their/friends’ startups. [/quote]

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