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I think CS is starting to become more and more like being a lawyer. Nobody cares if you have the credentials unless it’s from a good school, but if it is they’r

• dmoy 2y ago
  In law it also depends a lot on how what rank in your class you were.
• ghaff 2y ago
  The situation with law is that you need credentials from a good school, with a decent class rank, and probably a good clerkship to get your foot in the door with a well-paying white shoe law firm. Otherwise there are probably plenty of law positions but they may pay pretty poorly in many cases.
• jordanb 2y ago
  That doesn't make sense because a lawyer's pedigree is valuable to the firm. They want to tell their clients that "we have Harvard lawyers working on your case." Nobody really cares about the pedgree of a computer programmer. There are some narrow areas where they may want to have a highly credentialed person serving as "chief scientist" or something, to impress investors. A startup may want to tell investors that "our technology team is lead by an MIT PhD in AI" but beyond that the credentials of your dev team are not marketable.
  • guywithahat 2y ago
    Contact firms care a lot, although I think the degree is intended to convey competence. An exceptional programmer is worth a lot more than two mediocre programmers, and so if you can be convinced someone is exceptional they can make a lot of money. Although I don’t always agree with the logic, going to a top school can help convey this sentiment
• gizmo686 2y ago
  Everyone cares if you have credentials as a layer. It is illegal to practice law without having the credentials.