" I think you might be imagining that correlation." If you think the entire Silicon Valley is missed this, because it's not 'my' correlation. People who study

" I think you might be imagining that correlation." If you think the entire Silicon Valley is missed this, because it's not 'my' correlation. People who study CS are probably more likely to better at CS that those who have not. It doesn't prove or mean anything in general, and your personal situation is not relevant: of course there are tons of 'non-degreed' great techies out there. Nobody is denying that. I've hired a lot of people and there's no doubt that you get better luck with degreed than non - and even school rankings matter. In Canada, for example, you get consistently strong tech recruits out of U Waterloo. Impressively so. Not always but usually. Other schools in the region - much more hit and miss. I don't think this is controversial.