[hkmurakami]

As for the Bay Area, I've consistently been impressed by Cal Poly SLO guys I've met.

Their education is so much more practical and real-world-ready than my Ivy League engineering education (which was largely theoretical in nature).

[mindcrime]

I mean, I have nothing against Ivy League schools, or their graduates. And I won't even say that I think they are overrated so much as I think other schools, and their graduates are underrated. I also think there are a lot of other factors that affect the extent to which someone is a valuable employee, beyond sheer academic ability. Attitude, work ethic, personality, ambition, perserverance, cultural fit, etc. Net-net, my personal belief is that a firm can hire recruiting largely from schools that are not the famous, elite "top tier" schools, and still hire plenty of smart, talented, successful people.

Maybe time will prove me wrong, but we'll see...