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My only take on the article (I'm an EE not CS), is that unless you go to Stanford, you might as well just go boot camp. I guess degrees from all those tier 1 r
by madengr 10y ago
My only take on the article (I'm an EE not CS), is that unless you go to Stanford, you might as well just go boot camp. I guess degrees from all those tier 1 research universities across the country are worthless.
- NotSammyHagar 10y agoand of course that's not true. And anyone experienced has seen people from mit that are just terrible. That degree might help get a cooler first job. That could lead to a better second job, vs say someone from blah state university in a small town, who has a harder time starting. But eventually that person can make it to the big time. I know cause i'm one of those.
- ar15saveslives 10y agoI would say degrees work 2-3 years after graduation. After 3-5 years experience becomes more relevant for employers. Numbers can vary, but based on what I see, after 5-6 years of relevant experience, there's no difference between graduate of Top_20 and of noname college.
- kafkaesq 10y agoActually, the article specifically said "and other big name schools": Financial institutions traditionally coveted graduates from Stanford and other big-name schools and people already working in Silicon Valley.
- clifanatic 10y agoI think a lot of people are going to disagree with you because they _want_ you to be wrong, but my observation (as somebody who got a solid education and a good GPA from a tier 100 university) is that in a lot of places, this is absolutely the case.