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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody gives a F___ where you attend college or your major.

In 2014, my DS was a music major at San Jose State University (SJSU). While studying, he worked part-time at Pebble Beach Golf Club, where he crossed paths with several incredibly wealthy individuals. One of them hired my son and his band to perform at his wife’s 50th birthday party. This person turned out to be one of the co-founders of a venture capital firm, and he not only offered my DS an internship but also a full-time job at the firm upon graduation. Fast forward ten years, and my DS is now a big shot at that same firm, earning about $8M/yr. It really is true that success often comes down to who you know—or who knows you, not what you know.[/quote]

Your son was at the right place at the right time.  That's not how it works for the 20000 other graduates hoping to enter MBB/IB/VC/PE/HF where there are fewer than 1000 spots.  It's competitive and some aren't even getting an invite to their first coffee chat.  Perhaps we can tell them to go work at a golf club like Pebble Beach but there aren't that many around.  To say that it doesn't matter is just not true.  And, while your son went to SJSU and is doing well for himself today, I'm also 100% sure that there are others at his firm who routinely look down at him because of his alma mater but they just don't say anything to his face.  [/quote]
+1  And I went to SJSU as a CS major back in the 90s.  I've done well for myself, eventually, working for a fAANG.  But the vast majority did not end up at FAANGs.

SJSU students used to do well because of the location, and that is the same reason the ^^PPs son did well. It was about location.   Look at where the art history majors at SJSU end up? It's not as a VC.  Your kid was an anomaly.[/quote]

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