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A comment on Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?.

Re:Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford... by paradox95 on Friday July 29, 2011 @12:26AM (#2820192)
Yes you are. But you can beat it. I didn't go to a good school. In fact I went to an awful school. But I am an engineer at good start up in the Valley and doing very well.

Are you in the Bay?

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Re:Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford... by Brewer on Friday July 29, 2011 @12:28AM (#2820202)
No, I'm in Newfoundland, Canada -- about as far away from the Valley as you can get while staying in North America.

Do you have any tips for fellow attendees of awful schools?

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Re:Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford... by paradox95 on Friday July 29, 2011 @12:31AM (#2820212)
Open source, side projects, whatever you have to do to become an awesome programmer. As someone else mentioned, your degree, no matter good or bad is never enough.

And when you start looking for a job, don't get beat down when you don't get the first, second, third or Nth job you interview for. There are a lot of people who won't hire you because of your school. Don't let it get to you. You'll find something.

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