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Big companies recruit where they know they will find talent (especially for internships). Unfortunately this means name matters more than content. Regional firm
by subject4056 12y ago
Big companies recruit where they know they will find talent (especially for internships). Unfortunately this means name matters more than content. Regional firms also like to hire from the biggest-name school in their vicinity.
That said, CMU, Cal and a handful of other schools with noted CS programs are bigger names in the west coast tech world than most of the Ivy League.
Source: Six years working at different jobs with people from the same seven schools.
- mkaminsky11 12y agoAh, I see. which "seven schools" specifically?
- subject4056 12y agoStanford, MIT, CMU, UIUC, UC Berkely UCLA, USC, and UC San Diego all make the list, but those are to some extent peculiar to my experiences in California. The last few are probably a different grab bag depending where in the country you want to end up. I can't speak properly to how things are done abroad, but my understanding from other fields is that name recognition matters even more.