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<p>As I’ve written elsewhere, and it remains true, while many, many people come from top programs, it’s just as important you’re working with top professors. In certain sub-fields different institutions will be just as attractive to potential employers in, and outside of, academia. If you work with a certain professor, it may not matter at all where your degree comes from. And finally, most of all, if you do great research throughout the writing of your thesis and can bring in any money, no one cares where you went.</p>
<p>For some additional insight into hiring, I found this article illuminating:
[Career</a> Advice: Inside a Search - Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/08/31/marinoff]Career”>http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/08/31/marinoff)</p>