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except you're wrong. elite institution bias is very strong in tech as in other professions. MIT, CMU, and Stanford name recognition has a huge impact and the re
by metaphorm 10y ago
except you're wrong. elite institution bias is very strong in tech as in other professions. MIT, CMU, and Stanford name recognition has a huge impact and the recruiting pipelines (lucrative paid internships resulting in outrageously high pay for first-job-out-of-college) for elite companies is the way the game is played.
maybe tech is mildly more open-minded than say, the law profession, when it comes to elite institution bias. let's not fool ourselves and pretend it isn't a thing though.
- scarface74 10y agoI've see starting salaries for the big tech companies that recruit from the name brand schools. It's about a wash or even negative once you consider the cost of living on the west cost and the cost of the school compared to going to a well known in state college and finding a job in a lower cost of living tech hub.
- wallflower 10y agoThat's not the most fair comparison. Living in NYC/SF is part of the lure of working for one of the top established tech companies. The career trajectory for someone with Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft on their resume usually allows switching among similar top-tier companies (if one is competent and so desires). Once you have one gold-plated company name on your resume, you're set for life. For example, my friends who worked at Apple say that getting hired by Apple is easy relative to keeping up once you are thrown into the firehose there.
- scarface74 10y agoI can't speak for the other companies, but Amazon is relatively easy to get into if you have experience regardless of where your degree is from. But what is the desire for working for a "top tier" company? Looking at the average salaries for Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft, they aren't that much higher than startups and smaller companies in lower cost areas.