<p>I was referring to lightnin, who says he/she is 19, and therefore cannot have any real experience understanding the hiring process from the employer’s point of view.</p>
<p>When I’m looking at resumes, I look at skills and experience. During the interview, I try to figure out if the person is able to work with the team. I’ve worked both with and for too many excellent programmers who didn’t have CS degrees, degrees from prestigious universities, or degrees at all. I’ve also worked with bad programmers from prestigious universities. We just got rid of someone who went to the University of Chicago because he felt the need to tell everyone how to do their jobs.</p>
<p>I’ve learned that where you went to school has very little to do with how good of a programmer you are.</p>