[needlessly]

it's pretty well known if you go to a top university, then you're more likely to get interviews if you don't have much professional experience outside internships.

I'm not saying you can't work at Google from a no-name university, but but there is a steeper hill.

Once you have like 7+ years of professional experience, then education matters less.

[austinheap]

You're totally right that a Name Brand™ degree will open doors at the staple companies like Apple/Google/Facebook. That said, the number of times I've been debriefing on a candidate and their degree came up as a factor is zero. That's after hiring 100+ in SF and interviewing a # I don't want to think about.

[colmvp]

I'm not saying I disbelieve your own POV, but bias can sometimes be hard to recognize, both in ourselves and others.