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[quote=Anonymous]Hmm. Here is a different lens. We're finishing up a two year stint here and are returning to Silicon Valley. Our son would have applied to some local prep schools, but we were pretty on the fence about it considering we liked the publics in our NoVa town. At Google we look for the best and the brightest. Sometimes those people come from a background including top schools and sometimes not. Our interview process is brutal and we will figure out how bright on your feet a person is, which is really all that matters.

I would say that we really struggle to hire people here, and most of my colleagues at other companies who have started tech outposts in Tysons have failed here. There are some very bright people here, so this isn't a snarky point, but we have never had luck with younger professionals here looking to escape a law firm or other initial career path and a lot of them seem stuck on a resume (where they went to school, etc.). It is also a shock we can't get people to come over for low six figure salary with performance stock upside. I don't know why that is but we have never had luck pulling people comfortable and set making north of two hundred thousand in this area.

Very successful people take risks. This STA or Sidwell then onto Northeastern exclusive colleges is a good foundation, but it isn't one to rest on or get use out of once you have some work experience. Just my opinion. BTW it doesn't look like anyone on this board mentioned the one place that does lead to a fast start in a profession. Stanford.[/quote]

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