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Re:Harvard will require test scores for admission again by busterarm on Thursday April 11, 2024 @05:00PM (#40006757)
The absolute best software engineers that I've ever worked with most typically have music degrees, by a wide margin. Next most typically they went to Waterloo and then MIT, RIT or CMU. Next group are the self taught ones and then everywhere else.
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Re:Harvard will require test scores for admission again by JumpCrisscross on Saturday April 13, 2024 @06:41PM (#40026852)
> Waterloo

The fact that Waterloo maintains a monopoly on its internship/coop model blows my mind every year we do recruiting.

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Re:Harvard will require test scores for admission again by busterarm on Monday April 15, 2024 @12:27PM (#40042658)
It's the key to their success and other schools are crazy not to do it. But also I think their program is just straight up better.

OTOH, after successfully recruiting from Waterloo for over a decade, my company's recruiters suddenly decided to stop because it was more work for them even though it has consistently given great results.

It's a decision we've been fighting but our recruiting org won't budge.

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