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Seconding another commenter. I went to a state-school (maybe in the top 5 US state schools) and got an offer without any elite background.
by upbeat_general 2y ago
Seconding another commenter. I went to a state-school (maybe in the top 5 US state schools) and got an offer without any elite background.
- laidoffamazon 2y agoObviously Michigan, UCB, UDub aren’t in the same category, especially with prior trading firm experience.
- upbeat_general 2y agoAnd it was none of the mentioned schools!
- boshalfoshal 2y agoWould be surprised if it was not a union of the above schools and {GTech, UT, UCLA, UIUC}.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoI went to an "elite" school, but I worked at one HFT where the local team of 5 people had only me with a background from a similar school, and another HFT where I was one of three on my immediate team of ~12 engineers. At one point, one of my colleagues at the second firm asked me why I was there as opposed to the alternatives of (1) a company with more of a focus on the elite and cultivating power or (2) being an artist supported by my well-off parents.