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by cjensen 4126 days ago
Let me come about this from the point of view of an employer:

If you are fresh out of school, you are a huge potential. The better the school, the greater the potential. We think you have so much potential that we expect you'll be a leader at our company.

We can teach you what you need to know about our system of doing work. All that stuff you listed? Don't care. You're smart: you'll pick it up.

Being interested in your profession is key: We want to hear about stuff you've done and the interesting problems you've faced. Learned some extra stuff out of interest? Tell us. Done a project just for fun? Tell us.

Someone won't hire you because you lack certain line-item skills? You're not missing out.