>When you submit your resume to a large tech company on their job site the chances of it getting to a hiring manager are exceptionally slim. If you actually kno

>When you submit your resume to a large tech company on their job site the chances of it getting to a hiring manager are exceptionally slim. If you actually know the hiring manager - or know somebody who knows the hiring manager - your chances are exponentially higher. This is just from hearsay and personal anecdotes, but many people have experienced that getting attention from big tech companies comes a lot easier as a new grad than as as a more experienced developer a couple years since getting their degree. College makes it pretty easy to build up a connection to larger companies. If you intern at X, then X is much more likely to give you a job offer. My view is that college is just a means to an end. I agree that just getting a degree doesn't prove much. But what you do in your journey to graduation- that really matters. Good universities provide many doorways to networking than you don't get as easily afterwards. And it's not just of the professional kind either. How many people have stated how much harder it is to make new friends after college?