They will understand what a Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale graduate can bring to the table. How about people attending less prestigious schools? Now, having per

They will understand what a Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale graduate can bring to the table. How about people attending less prestigious schools? Now, having personal contact and a network throws all of this out the window. Exactly, and this is part of what makes open source exciting. Want an internship at Google? Becoming a key contributor to Chromium OS is arguably a better strategy than going back to school, because if you're good you can get a Google employee to notice you.