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"Google bigwigs regularly talk about the hiring data they have and what hasn't worked. I believe they talked about how focusing on top schools wasn't effective
by mcguire 7y ago
"Google bigwigs regularly talk about the hiring data they have and what hasn't worked. I believe they talked about how focusing on top schools wasn't effective and didn't turn up employees that have better performance years ago, but that doesn't stop TrendCo from focusing hiring efforts on top schools."
As far as I know, that doesn't stop Google from focusing hiring efforts on top schools.
Anyway, I'm actually wondering about the future. Suppose you are one of the people hired out of school for $200k+. What happens in 10 or 15 years when you are no longer the shiny new thing, don't have the trendy skills, and have been working for boring companies? Do you still command a 2× salary (https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Software-Engineer-Salary-by-State https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-So...)? Reversion to the mean? Salary cuts?
- akhilcacharya 7y ago> Suppose you are one of the people hired out of school for $200k+. What happens in 10 or 15 years when you are no longer the shiny new thing, don't have the trendy skills, and have been working for boring companies? I know several people like this. They'll either progress into principal tech level at the same or similar tier companies, or at worst retire. Unless the bottom falls out under the market those people aren't going to revert to the mean. ...and to be clear, the stuff Dan discussed doesn't really apply if you're one of those people hired for $230k new grad at Google or Facebook or Stripe or Lyft or whatever. Just the name is enough at that point.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoYeah my brother was a VP at Intel, and always looked at the school first. Only top schools even got in the door for an interview. Irony: he went to State U.