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by chickenfries 3089 days ago
Do you mind if I ask where you went to school? I would very much like to work in Cambridge but my experience with interviewing in Camberville is that I end up talking to people from MIT and similar schools. Or I don’t even get an email back. Which makes me feel like I just don’t have the credentials. Do you just have an undergrad or do you have another degree?
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My CS background before my first job was:

Grew up interested in computers, learned a little BASIC.

Took two intro CS courses during undergrad at an Ivy League school, but majored in the humanities.

Years later, attended a bootcamp.

None of this took place in MA.

Google does not have a degree requirement. Neither do most (all?) other tech companies. If you pass the Google interview, it doesn't matter one bit what school you went to, or if you went to school at all.