There is a larger issue here than just what recruiters at the GOOG are looking for. Historically, the difference maker between SV and Boston was the willingnes

There is a larger issue here than just what recruiters at the GOOG are looking for. Historically, the difference maker between SV and Boston was the willingness of the former to take dropouts, divorced people, dreamers with gaps between jobs, and for the latter to actively filter out those people. Remember, "disruptive innovation" occurs first in the low-cost product segment before working its way up into the the more recognized and lucrative markets. Given the rapid progress going into both: - Alternative Learning Models: bootcamps, MOOC's, K-12 coding education, etc - Dev Tools: StackOverflow replacing book learning, github/npm creating code of a thousand dependencies, etc I would worry that forcing your entire company to be made of candidates of the most traditional and elite background sets you up to miss the next trend in how to profit from People->Software.