[thsiao]

I'm a VP at start-up, spent 11+ years at big company hiring lots of folks out of college. I look at work experience first, if you actually did real stuff, got real results.

Good grades just validate what I see on experience, bad grades tell me something might be off - is it all smoke & mirrors.

And yes, it only matters for the first job. After that, I honestly hardly even look at what college you went to.

I'd suggest also breaking out your GPA for your major vs. overall. That tells me that you're really good at your major (probably related to the job you're applying for anyway) but that maybe you just are bad at liberal arts.

[ayers]

I second this. I am hiring for junior and senior developer roles currently. For candidates fresh out of university/college I will have a look at their grades. For anyone that has real work experience, I will focus on that and won't bother with grades or university/college.

Someone once told me that grades do not matter once you get your first job, after that you are only as good as your last job. In my personal experience I think this is rather accurate.

[stocktradr]

Second this as well. In previous positions I've held, I first looked for track record, projects, or work experience that helped me gauge competency.

Grades was something I actually looked at last. Might be my hiring methodology but if you're going into an interview, be sure to try and focus on projects/work you've done to help compensate lower grades.