Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 21:15     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…



It is how they performed on programming and SWE skills tests, which is applicable to how they will do in top tech jobs requiring high-level programming but is not an assessment of actual on the job skills. The school list is not surprising at all when you understand that SJS is in silicon valley and has very bright cohort of CS/CE students and excellent professors in that area.
This ranking has a lot more relevance to the quality of undergrad CS/CE degree than US NEWS which factors in % on aid and cost and everything else:
Here it is to save folks a click:
1. MIT
2. SJSU
3. UPenn
4. CMU
5. Princeton
6. CalTEch
7. Yale
8. Berkeley
9. Brown
10. UCLA
11. StonyBrook
12. Rice
13. Duke
14. GaTech
15. Cornell

Oh, but DCUM says that elite/ivy are bad for CS and engineering...

But I thought all the Elite/Ivy folks said CS is dying.


Ofc it is dying so please don't send your kids to CS, leave the spots to others

Too late. 2nd semester Jr CS major at UMD
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 20:09     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…



It is how they performed on programming and SWE skills tests, which is applicable to how they will do in top tech jobs requiring high-level programming but is not an assessment of actual on the job skills. The school list is not surprising at all when you understand that SJS is in silicon valley and has very bright cohort of CS/CE students and excellent professors in that area.
This ranking has a lot more relevance to the quality of undergrad CS/CE degree than US NEWS which factors in % on aid and cost and everything else:
Here it is to save folks a click:
1. MIT
2. SJSU
3. UPenn
4. CMU
5. Princeton
6. CalTEch
7. Yale
8. Berkeley
9. Brown
10. UCLA
11. StonyBrook
12. Rice
13. Duke
14. GaTech
15. Cornell

Oh, but DCUM says that elite/ivy are bad for CS and engineering...

But I thought all the Elite/Ivy folks said CS is dying.


Ofc it is dying so please don't send your kids to CS, leave the spots to others
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 20:01     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…



It is how they performed on programming and SWE skills tests, which is applicable to how they will do in top tech jobs requiring high-level programming but is not an assessment of actual on the job skills. The school list is not surprising at all when you understand that SJS is in silicon valley and has very bright cohort of CS/CE students and excellent professors in that area.
This ranking has a lot more relevance to the quality of undergrad CS/CE degree than US NEWS which factors in % on aid and cost and everything else:
Here it is to save folks a click:
1. MIT
2. SJSU
3. UPenn
4. CMU
5. Princeton
6. CalTEch
7. Yale
8. Berkeley
9. Brown
10. UCLA
11. StonyBrook
12. Rice
13. Duke
14. GaTech
15. Cornell

Oh, but DCUM says that elite/ivy are bad for CS and engineering...

But I thought all the Elite/Ivy folks said CS is dying.


Sssshhhhh...quiet
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 20:01     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:It is so ignorant of DCUM that think San Jose State is like GMU. My oldest DS graduated from SJSU in 2023, and he is working for Nvidia while his brother graduated from GMU, and he is working for Apple. My sister graduated from SJSU and she is working for OpenAI.


And so....? Your point? They all got jobs after graduating from AbCDEF schools?
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 18:30     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…



It is how they performed on programming and SWE skills tests, which is applicable to how they will do in top tech jobs requiring high-level programming but is not an assessment of actual on the job skills. The school list is not surprising at all when you understand that SJS is in silicon valley and has very bright cohort of CS/CE students and excellent professors in that area.
This ranking has a lot more relevance to the quality of undergrad CS/CE degree than US NEWS which factors in % on aid and cost and everything else:
Here it is to save folks a click:
1. MIT
2. SJSU
3. UPenn
4. CMU
5. Princeton
6. CalTEch
7. Yale
8. Berkeley
9. Brown
10. UCLA
11. StonyBrook
12. Rice
13. Duke
14. GaTech
15. Cornell

Oh, but DCUM says that elite/ivy are bad for CS and engineering...

But I thought all the Elite/Ivy folks said CS is dying.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 18:11     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

It is so ignorant of DCUM that think San Jose State is like GMU. My oldest DS graduated from SJSU in 2023, and he is working for Nvidia while his brother graduated from GMU, and he is working for Apple. My sister graduated from SJSU and she is working for OpenAI.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 08:44     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…



It is how they performed on programming and SWE skills tests, which is applicable to how they will do in top tech jobs requiring high-level programming but is not an assessment of actual on the job skills. The school list is not surprising at all when you understand that SJS is in silicon valley and has very bright cohort of CS/CE students and excellent professors in that area.
This ranking has a lot more relevance to the quality of undergrad CS/CE degree than US NEWS which factors in % on aid and cost and everything else:
Here it is to save folks a click:
1. MIT
2. SJSU
3. UPenn
4. CMU
5. Princeton
6. CalTEch
7. Yale
8. Berkeley
9. Brown
10. UCLA
11. StonyBrook
12. Rice
13. Duke
14. GaTech
15. Cornell

Oh, but DCUM says that elite/ivy are bad for CS and engineering...
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 08:33     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Awhen you see CMU at 4 and CalTech on 6 you know right away this is another bs ranking.


Infact when you see CMU and Caltech on the list is when you know this is a good ranking.



+1 Must be a hard test
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 19:30     Subject: Re:Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:So the list is based on the students who answer questions correctly in codesignal, not necessarily those who do well in the workplace.

SJSU has a lot of smart kids who are from lower income families. It's also in the heart of silicon valley.

-former SJSU student majoring in CS


You can get anywhere in the valley from SJSU if you are good. Same for UCSC.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 17:23     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:Awhen you see CMU at 4 and CalTech on 6 you know right away this is another bs ranking.


Infact when you see CMU and Caltech on the list is when you know this is a good ranking.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 16:17     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:Awhen you see CMU at 4 and CalTech on 6 you know right away this is another bs ranking.


?? If you even look at just USNews rankings of CS, CMU is #2 and CalTech is #9. #4 and #2 aren't really much different, nor are #6 and #9.

It's not even really a ranking. It's an empirical listing of how students performed on the CodeSignal challenges...I don't know who signs up for these challenges or what.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 15:59     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Awhen you see CMU at 4 and CalTech on 6 you know right away this is another bs ranking.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 15:55     Subject: Re:Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

So the list is based on the students who answer questions correctly in codesignal, not necessarily those who do well in the workplace.

SJSU has a lot of smart kids who are from lower income families. It's also in the heart of silicon valley.

-former SJSU student majoring in CS
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 15:50     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

Anonymous wrote:https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…



I wouldn’t say it’s based on tech industry placements.

It’s based on how well students do on their tech problem challenges…which I guess are administered in coordination with employers?
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 15:40     Subject: Tech Jobs ranking from CodeSignal

https://codesignal.com/university-ranking/2026

MIT is #1, but San Jose State University is #2

Yet another college ranking, but this one is focused on tech industry job placements…