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To be clear most new grads and people seeking internships..don’t. Even getting into Hackathons was very difficult when I was in undergrad (right around peak Hac
by akhilcacharya 7y ago
To be clear most new grads and people seeking internships..don’t. Even getting into Hackathons was very difficult when I was in undergrad (right around peak Hackathon in 2014/2015). Generally the people that got in and got good internships were the ones that already went to top schools. And all of that is before the interview prep training, the fact that 50% of coding/algorithmic interviews are just proxies for either raw IQ or remembering the problem, etc etc.
- Swizec 7y agoTotally agree. most new grads don't have anything better to show than their diploma and their grades. But some do. Many have open source projects or contributions, some have worked summer programming jobs, some may have even started startups. All of that is better than just schoolwork. And if you're still being asked where you graduated from 5+ years into your career ... something might be wrong. Have you really nothing better to show?
- akdas 7y ago> And if you're still being asked where you graduated from 5+ years into your career ... something might be wrong. Have you really nothing better to show? Sometimes, the fact that someone didn't go to a top-name school limited their choices. If they went to local state school far from Silicon Valley, and they didn't have money to move to the Silicon Valley right away, they may have worked at small, non-engineering-focused companies. So yeah, maybe they're really capable, but 5+ years into their careers, they haven't had the chance to demonstrate it yet.