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>>once you get your first job, nobody cares where you got your undergrad degree (if even then). Sorry, but the whole point of college today is resume padding.
by kamaal 11y ago
>>once you get your first job, nobody cares where you got your undergrad degree (if even then).
Sorry, but the whole point of college today is resume padding. So yes your college name matters. Almost every big web company if you belong to their Ivy league alumni.
In India, there are small companies which explicitly state if you aren't from the IIT's you shouldn't even bother applying.
So yes from where you get your degree matters a lot!
- smet56 11y agoThankfully, most hackernews users don't live in India where that applies due to the large diploma mill churning problems they have as well as cheating at the university level. Sure, it'll help if your parents were rich enough to give you a good chance of going to the Ivies in the states but you can easily do well in the states without purchasing a brand name for your resume. Might be mildly more difficult (more internships!).
- kamaal 11y ago>>most hackernews users don't live in India where that applies due to the large diploma mill churning problems they have as well as cheating at the university level. Sorry to let you know but you don't have 'large diploma mill churning' or 'cheating at the university level' in India. In general, the situation is same as in US. Alumni connections will take you places your hardwork won't take you in the next 7 lives. Same in India, same in the US. I hope we could all graduate from coursera and be considered the same as people from Stanford. In reality, University education has very little to do with 'education', its a membership to a club that takes care of you all your life.