[bigfatfrock]

I've never even been asked in 10+ jobs over a 20+ year career where I went to school, and mine had a great engineering program (which I had terrible grades in). They might have noticed it at the bottom of my resume but never asked.

Some of the best programmers I've had the chance to work with had no degree, though I know that's an HR bar in itself to leap over.

[seam_carver]

Maybe they didn't ask since it was on your resume.

[kelipso]

Lol yeah it's one of the first things you read on a resume.

[beej71]

This has to vary. It was the last thing I read for anyone not just starting in the field. I wanted to know what they'd done, both in and out of work. I wanted to know if they were a driven, problem-solving go-getter. Degree and alma mater is a low-value data point in that regard.

[kelipso]

I guess so, I like to start from the beginning and go through the timeline.

[digitallis42]

Your school and GPA are relevant for a vanishingly short time on a resume. Maybe 2 years post graduation at best. After that, it's all about the work experience. If you have work experience before graduation, then school and GPA are almost completely immaterial.

HS GPA factors into getting into college, and is irrelevant afterwards. College GPA factors into getting internships and the first job placement and is irrelevant afterwards. If an employer actually cared in any meaningful way about my uni or grades after 5 years of work experience, I would take it as a red flag during hiring.

[cloverich]

It makes a big difference in your first job, but then only if it is a name brand school. My company regularly solicits internships from certain top schools. Its hard to imagine CS at my school had something similar (I was not a CS major).

[beej71]

I went to Chico State, and HP took interns and new hires out of there in droves.

That was rather a long time ago (like when HP existed), so I don't know what's happening now.

[ghaff]

It's pretty normal not to be asked but many people do look--not so much for negative signal but they may notice. I'm pretty sure it didn't make the difference with my last job but probably sealed the deal as my manager went to the same school.

[hintymad]

Isn't your personal experience just anecdotal, which could be the opposite of statistical evidence.