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Totally agree. most new grads don't have anything better to show than their diploma and their grades. But some do. Many have open source projects or contributions, some have worked summer programming jobs, some may have even started startups.

All of that is better than just schoolwork.

And if you're still being asked where you graduated from 5+ years into your career ... something might be wrong. Have you really nothing better to show?

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> And if you're still being asked where you graduated from 5+ years into your career ... something might be wrong. Have you really nothing better to show?

Sometimes, the fact that someone didn't go to a top-name school limited their choices. If they went to local state school far from Silicon Valley, and they didn't have money to move to the Silicon Valley right away, they may have worked at small, non-engineering-focused companies. So yeah, maybe they're really capable, but 5+ years into their careers, they haven't had the chance to demonstrate it yet.

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