[planetzero]

Unless you're going to college for engineering, math, the sciences, or to become a doctor, college really isn't for learning.

It's for having fun and to some degree networking. If you can join a fraternity/sorority, your network will most likely get you a job right out of college.

I knew a guy that had jobs in the tech industry lined up after college for nothing more than knowing people in his frat.

He was running his own business and had very little hands-on experience and wouldn't have lasted a week at most of these jobs.

I, on the other hand, had at least 5 years of experience at that point (not to mention the decade prior to this of writing software as a hobby) and had to work pretty hard to get my first job.

Somehow, it doesn't seem fair. But it taught me that networking is equally or more important than experience and skill.

[tlb]

That's generally true. But you don't have to join a fraternity and bro down with people to build a network that'll get you jobs. Writing articles, publishing open-source, going to industry conferences, etc. are probably more effective.

[luckyscs]

No way, I didn't even join a frat but the idea of suffering/making memories together builds a much higher trust network than publishing work online. It's much better to have a drink and network than to network over impersonal channels of communication. Networking is about building trust. That's sometimes through displays of confidence, but better displayed by time spent and demonstrations of alignment inngoal/loyalty.