> As someone who went to a "lower-tier" school. I hate how true this feels sometimes. So much so that I often feel like I would have been better off never hav

> As someone who went to a "lower-tier" school. I hate how true this feels sometimes. So much so that I often feel like I would have been better off never having gone to college in the first place than having gone somewhere not in the top 50 (or even in the top 10). Presenting yourself with no degree at all as a "tenacious, self-taught fighter" feels better than "I went to the University of Bubba because MIT said you're not smart enough" (plus MIT is really far from where I grew up and really expensive). On the other hand, I've worked with plenty of really smart programmers who don't have a degree who've felt that not having one has held them back - although I've always wondered why they don't just go back and get one.