But coming from a small uni in Normandy, France, it's also possible not to go to a "top" internship, shit that up and be let go with a kick in the ass. You can

But coming from a small uni in Normandy, France, it's also possible not to go to a "top" internship, shit that up and be let go with a kick in the ass. You can go to a small do-it-all no-money startup for a few years, suffer your ass through it, climb up a few more job and end up exactly at the same place with a very good story and a lot of experience from doing more with less that top companies can appreciate, and actually be the one bossing the silver spoons into work. It's a fallacy to think people are disadvantaged by not going straight to the top with no real world experience.