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>Something has happened to Comp Sci programs over the past 3 decades. Based on what's too small a sample size (the graduates I've been interviewing in SF) it seems like a very large number of graduates from CS programs with 3.75 GPAs or above, can't do much more than glue together libraries, can't practically design a system on their own, and if ever confronted with a graph theory problem, can't do much more than name-drop algorithms, and fall far short of being able to implement those algorithms. Ah, one of the pain points with companies in the Bay Area. For the longest time one obvious, if not necessarily exclusive, problem with students who can achieve a 3.75 or higher GPA is that they tend to be much better at the rote memorization of concepts, but because they didn't necessarily "slog" through stuff, have some troubles, not try to just memorize formulas and algorithms, they don't have the ability to think through problems. What about students in the 3.0 to 3.75 GPA range? Or are they considered "too dumb" to pass the resume filter you're using? I think recruiting around here is targeted at "best and brightest" too much, and over-simplifies just the kind of people fit that qualifier. I remember applying for internships while I was going to SJSU and many of the top companies in the area would have a drop down selection list of "which university did you attend?" and the list would only consist of the usual top UC's and top private schools. I'm not saying actually smart people can't come from those universities, but when you're doing things like limiting a candidate search to 3.75 or greater GPAs, or filtering based on only "top" schools, then I think the issues you're describing are going to be much more immediate than otherwise. |
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