<p>If you want a major entrance into a tech company in Silicon Valley consider Carnegie Mellon. Intel, Microsoft and Google all have facilities directly on the campus and all it takes is a phone call from a professor to get a job at one of these companies. This mostly applies to CS or computer engineering degrees. However, in general, in any engineering job in the valley, many schools will work. Lots of San Jose State students get high paying jobs in valley companies. Truly go to the best school for you. Harvey Mudd is a great school and has a great reputation. It’s small so it doesn’t get the name recognition among the general populace that larger schools get, but you will have no trouble finding a job with a degree from HM.</p>