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Re:Ask HN: Does University Choice Matter? by GrumpyYoungMan on Thursday May 27, 2021 @10:33AM (#27303627)
Kind of but at some point the rubber meets the road. You see a lot of comments on HN that say "Wow, this person came from a top university / FAANG and yet couldn't pass our interview or did badly on the job."
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Re:Ask HN: Does University Choice Matter? by beforeolives on Thursday May 27, 2021 @10:42AM (#27303721)
Think of it from the opposite direction -

If you take only the people who can pass the interview and do well on the job, the ones from top universities/FAANG get more opportunities to interview in the first place.

It's much easier to be a capable person who is associated with a prestigious institution than to be a capable person who isn't.

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Re:Ask HN: Does University Choice Matter? by HDMI_Cable on Thursday May 27, 2021 @10:51AM (#27303841)
Do you think grades / things you did outside of school would matter? Would a top student from a small school have a better chance than an average student from a good school?
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