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I'm not sure how the journalist fact checked this, but in 2016 CMU sent 12 people to Facebook[1]. In 2018 CMU sent 27 people to Facebook[2]. [1] https://www.cm
by bwasti 7y ago
I'm not sure how the journalist fact checked this, but in 2016 CMU sent 12 people to Facebook[1]. In 2018 CMU sent 27 people to Facebook[2].
[1] https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/scs/scs-ba.pdf https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/scs/scs...
[2] https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/scs/1-Pager_SCS%20BS%202018%20rev%202.1.19.kc.pdf https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/scs/1-P...
- wsetchell 7y agoOr 29 if you include WhatsApp.
- username90 7y agoThose numbers are almost perfectly inline with the growth of Facebook, 17k employees in 2016 to 36k in 2018. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273563/number-of-facebook-employees/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/273563/number-of-faceboo...
- niceonedude 7y agoThose are just SCS numbers. The CNBC article cites all of CMU. Facebook recruits from the math, engineering (EE), and info systems programs as well.
- bwasti 7y agofair point, 2016 - 1 total from math and engineering https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/cit/ece.pdf https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/cit/ece... https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/mcs/mathematical%20sciences.pdf https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/mcs/mat... 2018 - 4 total from math and engineering https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/cit/ECE%20BS%20one-pager%202018.pdf https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/cit/ECE... https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/mcs/1-Pager_Math_B.S.%202018.pdf https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/mcs/1-P... If you're curious to do some more research, here's the link https://www.cmu.edu/career/about-us/salaries_and_destinations/2016.html https://www.cmu.edu/career/about-us/salaries_and_destination...
- niceonedude 7y agoHuh, those numbers are lower than I expected. Perhaps CNBC counted grad students as well, which is half the CMU population I think.