No, you wont be laughed out of silicon valley. They actually test for capability in their interviews to an extent. It's partially why the interviews take 4-8

No, you wont be laughed out of silicon valley. They actually test for capability in their interviews to an extent. It's partially why the interviews take 4-8 hours per company. Barely anyone cares about your school, or even your GPA to an extent. There are many good engineers who did not go to the ivy league. And they hire people from many schools in many different countries going through a relatively painful H1B process.