I'm not sure I agree with any of those points. As someone who went to school in a cornfield, I had no trouble landing an internship in NYC. My school also had i

I'm not sure I agree with any of those points. As someone who went to school in a cornfield, I had no trouble landing an internship in NYC. My school also had its own on-campus engineering internships. The faculty was also quite good, since it was a teaching school, as opposed to a research institute. If I look at some of the top CS programs, some are in hot tech areas, but others are almost responsible for local jobs directly. Specifically, UIUC is in the middle of nowhere. I'm not sure there would be a lot of innovative technology development in Pittsburgh without CMU either. Finally, I'm going to school for a masters online, and it definitely seems like one path forward. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything learning remotely.