I'm not sure how strong a counterexample UT Austin is, since it's currently at number 10 in US News rankings [1]. Particularly when it comes to academic jobs, t

I'm not sure how strong a counterexample UT Austin is, since it's currently at number 10 in US News rankings [1]. Particularly when it comes to academic jobs, there's a huge disparity in where people did their PhD [2]. But I see this as more an indictment of the academic hiring process than a reflection of quality. For hiring where I am, I don't see any explicit bias against people from particular schools, but I do see a bias of where to look for potential candidates. And I have definitely sat at tables and realized I was the only person not from a top-15 CS grad program. I do agree with everything else. [1] https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch... [2] http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2015/02/university_hiring_if_you_didn_t_get_your_ph_d_at_an_elite_university_good.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2015/02/univers...