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by wyager 1388 days ago
Definitely not the case. I used to work there - lots of colleagues from outside the ivies etc. Lots of people who didn't go to college for CS, and in some cases did not go to a traditional college at all. Are there a lot of people from e.g. MIT? Yeah, because MIT is a good school and produces lots of people you want to hire.
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I think this is more in regards to university recruiting, especially with internships? I have no doubt about your experience with post grad hiring, college name doesn't matter as much after you have experience under your belt
I think in general smaller companies have to prioritize on-campus recruiting, but if you sent in your resume and you had some random no-name school (or a school that specialized in some completely unrelated industries), I doubt that would disadvantage you beyond the fact that it doesn't necessarily communicate much information to hiring staff who aren't familiar with it.