<p>“For whatever push it may give you at the start of your career, where you went to school stops mattering once you are out there and making your way…”</p>
<p>As a 30-plus-year veteran of the workforce, I have certainly found this to be true. At a certain point, one’s employer doesn’t even <em>know</em> where one went to school. (Not unless he or she constantly re-reviews his/her employees’ resumes, which I can safely guarantee does not happen.)</p>
<p>Most employers care about how well one does one’s job. Period.</p>