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But they wont turn them away, and that's my problem with the article.

I went to an absolute shit school (like, bottom 150 of world ranked schools) an I had interviews that lead to offers with Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, among others, when I graduated. People from my graduating class are working at many of these companies, i.e. with the same background as me.

So clearly it can't be a horrible problem if they seem happy to employ people from my no-name, considered harmful, school.

Who knows, maybe every single one of us got extremely lucky, or some engineering managers just happen to know it doesn't take a M.S. from MIT to know how to write good software.



Which school was it?

My school is in the 151-200 ranking on the Shanghai list, I don't know if that's from the bottom or what.


I'd love to hear your story. If you're so inclined, can you shoot me an email? aline@alinelerner.com




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