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She goes to MIT by the way. (not saying she doesn't deserve it) I bet if she went to some no-name university and people saw her pole dancing then her employmen
by needlessly 9y ago
She goes to MIT by the way. (not saying she doesn't deserve it)
I bet if she went to some no-name university and people saw her pole dancing then her employment would be more limited
- Rjevski 9y agoDo you have any facts to back this up? I would say education is pretty irrelevant if you've actually got something to show off (open source projects, etc).
- pyrophane 9y agoEducation is not irrelevant in tech if you went to MIT or Stanford.
- needlessly 9y agoit's pretty well known if you go to a top university, then you're more likely to get interviews if you don't have much professional experience outside internships. I'm not saying you can't work at Google from a no-name university, but but there is a steeper hill. Once you have like 7+ years of professional experience, then education matters less.
- austinheap 9y agoYou're totally right that a Name Brand™ degree will open doors at the staple companies like Apple/Google/Facebook. That said, the number of times I've been debriefing on a candidate and their degree came up as a factor is zero. That's after hiring 100+ in SF and interviewing a # I don't want to think about.
- needlessly 9y ago>the number of times I've been debriefing.. Oh, I didn't know you were the hiring manager in the world. Sry. Cherry picked examples aren't a good example. Logic 101
- austinheap 9y agoI'm simply offering anecdotal evidence from a variety of different companies across the tech sector I've worked at. I wasn't trying to imply I'm the "hiring manager in the world".
- colmvp 9y agoI'm not saying I disbelieve your own POV, but bias can sometimes be hard to recognize, both in ourselves and others.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoIt's not the education per se, it's the higher probability distribution of how good you are.
- dragonwriter 9y agoAnd, perhaps more significantly, the social cachet of the institution among the population doing hiring and the probability of your network intersecting with those of the people doing hiring.
- austinheap 9y agoAs a former dancer from a no name school I promise you no one cares. About the school. Or the dancing.
- needlessly 9y agoAfter years of professional experience and if you're a high contributing employee, then it doesn't matter. If you're a middle or slightly below average contributor then these things do factor in.
- AAGRADD 9y agoShe went to MIT
- FLUX-YOU 9y agoI'm fairly certain someone would get less job offers in a more conservative or religious city. They could luck out and never have HR/managers google their name, but were it known, religious folks don't tend to look favorably on that kind of hobby. I don't think her school compensates for her hobby. It's location.