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Re:Should I go to college or keep working in Silicon Valley? by bookreader on Thursday August 01, 2013 @06:57PM (#6144175)
I feel like it's a little odd when you say that startups make up the other 10% that care about a degree.

Conventional advice on HN seems to be that startups are the kinds of companies that don't care as much about the degree. What are the other 90% of jobs you've applied to? Are they also at tech companies?

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Re:Should I go to college or keep working in Silicon Valley? by ktavera on Friday August 02, 2013 @03:53PM (#6149267)
Typically financial companies or IT consulting firms (IBM, CSC, etc) - the exact type that you would expect would ask you about your education. Sometime last year I interviewed with a startup, they loved my resume. Did a skype interview and things were great. Then they put me on a call with their CTO, first question - "Where did you go to school and when did you graduate?"... He cut the interview short and I never heard back.
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Re:Should I go to college or keep working in Silicon Valley? by bookreader on Friday August 02, 2013 @04:26PM (#6149447)
That's interesting. Do you approach these financial companies and consulting firms through a connection, or are you just sending a resume? I'd expect HR at big companies to filter for degrees.
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