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Lots of students who go to lower tier schools don't even know that their 'elite' peers are working on things like projects, OSS, or interview prep. I personally

by DC1350 6y ago

Lots of students who go to lower tier schools don't even know that their 'elite' peers are working on things like projects, OSS, or interview prep. I personally had never heard of a hackathon until after I started uni, but lots of my classmates had already been to dozens in high school. The real issue with going to a bad college is students have no idea what they're supposed to do to get a job. Those students are dead last in a game they don't even know they're playing. It happens organically at a good school.

solosoyokaze 6y ago
In my experience most elite school CS students don't actually work on OSS. I see a lot of school projects posted to Github. That's why I like to look at it, because it's hard to fake. You're right that it's harder for people who don't have the resources to buy computers and spend time learning/hacking. I've hired several really good devs who only had an HS degree but also had an OSS project, but a lot of people just won't have the resources to make that happen.