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For undergrad, yes. Having interviewed 500+ people at this point (and screened many many more resumes and github accounts), i'd there are rarely, if ever, mean
by DannyBee 8y ago
For undergrad, yes.
Having interviewed 500+ people at this point (and screened many many more resumes and github accounts), i'd there are rarely, if ever, meaningful differences in quality of candidate based on where they got their CS degree from.
I see much greater variation in masters/graduate candidates than in undergrad.
- synaesthesisx 8y agoAgreed - I've interviewed candidates with no CS degree that outperformed ones from Harvard etc. In fact many of the best ones were self-taught...
- gnulinux 8y agoI'm finding it very hard to believe a student who did well in MIT or Berkeley can "on average" be outperformed by someone who is self-taught. I'm not suggesting all students in top schools are good, or nobody self-taught is good, but in my experience there is a strong correlation. I'm also surprised that (1) people had a differing experience in this thread and (2) I'm downvoted for expressing my experience. Disclaimer: I taught CS classes in both Berkeley and MIT.
- DannyBee 8y agoFwiw: Most new grads suck at coding. The self taught are often a little better. The algorithms and data structures part is a toss up. Maybe they are good at class and bad in interviews, but ... On average I haven't seen the correlation you have.