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This is very divorced from reality. Past a certain point your classes and professors don't matter much. You go there to be surrounded by smarter people, with b

This is very divorced from reality. Past a certain point your classes and professors don't matter much. You go there to be surrounded by smarter people, with better connections, better extracurricular programs, and the name brand recognition to get a headstart on adult life.

imgabe 3y ago
It’s true. There are brainless hiring managers who will greenlight anyone with a fancy school on their resume just like there are consumers who will fork over a month’s salary for a handbag with right logo. If you want to work for people like that, by all means, knock yourself out jumping through Ivy school hoops. If you care about results, focus on results and the rest will follow.
- Balgair 3y ago
  I mean, the Ivies have a pretty darn good track record of 'results' too. Where do you think are places with better 'results'? Not trolling here, I am genuinely curious as to your metric and the places/things that fit it.
- jjk166 3y ago
  Kids that just graduated don't have any results to look at, besides the schooling they've managed to complete. With no other knowledge, if you had to choose between a kid with a stanford degree and a kid with a south harmon institute of technology degree, which would you imagine is more capable?
hirvi74 3y ago
I am probably quite wrong on this, but I have always believed that the people smart enough to get into MIT, Harvard, Yale, etc. were probably smart enough that they didn't even truly need to go there. It's more for connections and a formality than for pure educational attainment. For example, Bill Gates left Harvard after two years. He did quite fine without graduating by most metrics. I imagine he would have been quite successful, perhaps in a different way, had he not attended at all.
- bombcar 3y ago
  They may not have needed to go, but they almost certainly received advantages for having gone. Even Billy G would have had two years of knowledge of people whom he could tap - and if you go back and research early Microsoft, I bet you'd see evidence of that.
  - nottorp 3y ago
    Billy G had mommy :) Look her up on wikipedia.
- strikelaserclaw 3y ago
  Harvard works more for people like steve ballmer than it does for bill gates.

imgabe 3y ago

It’s true. There are brainless hiring managers who will greenlight anyone with a fancy school on their resume just like there are consumers who will fork over a month’s salary for a handbag with right logo. If you want to work for people like that, by all means, knock yourself out jumping through Ivy school hoops. If you care about results, focus on results and the rest will follow.

Balgair 3y ago
I mean, the Ivies have a pretty darn good track record of 'results' too. Where do you think are places with better 'results'? Not trolling here, I am genuinely curious as to your metric and the places/things that fit it.
jjk166 3y ago
Kids that just graduated don't have any results to look at, besides the schooling they've managed to complete. With no other knowledge, if you had to choose between a kid with a stanford degree and a kid with a south harmon institute of technology degree, which would you imagine is more capable?

hirvi74 3y ago

I am probably quite wrong on this, but I have always believed that the people smart enough to get into MIT, Harvard, Yale, etc. were probably smart enough that they didn't even truly need to go there. It's more for connections and a formality than for pure educational attainment. For example, Bill Gates left Harvard after two years. He did quite fine without graduating by most metrics. I imagine he would have been quite successful, perhaps in a different way, had he not attended at all.

bombcar 3y ago
They may not have needed to go, but they almost certainly received advantages for having gone. Even Billy G would have had two years of knowledge of people whom he could tap - and if you go back and research early Microsoft, I bet you'd see evidence of that.
- nottorp 3y ago
  Billy G had mommy :) Look her up on wikipedia.
strikelaserclaw 3y ago
Harvard works more for people like steve ballmer than it does for bill gates.