Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments

Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by Judgmentality on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:16AM (#25301124)

> Big Tech largely ignores Tier 2 and Tier 3 schools for on campus recruiting, while imagining that the intelligence community has better developers

I don't think the general consensus is that intelligence organizations have better developers than big tech. I think the rule of thumb is the better the pay, the better the quality.

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by joncrane on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:10AM (#25301426)

I'm pretty sure intelligence agencies often have a better effort:pay ratio. This is due to the high barrier to entry of needing a TS (or even higher) clearance.

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by vmception on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:46AM (#25301292)

There is a pervasive view that they have scifi technology that someone had to program

I think after various leaks that idea did evaporate a lot

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by kodoque2 on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:48AM (#25301663)

Frankly the ANT catalog had some amazing stuff, but I think all the really cool tools are developed bespoke at small boutique company.

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by vmception on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:51AM (#25303646)

defense contractors recruit the same way as intelligence does

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by alisonkisk on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:53PM (#25307781)

Because they had infinite budget, not a few high paid geniuses.

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