This has been on my mind for several years now, and I need to talk about it because it’s like a puppet master informing my every thought and decision. I feel like all of the people that really make an impact in the world, attended top schools. I look at the backgrounds of all these different people who are tech founders, or leading experts in AI research, or leaders in some way in CS, and they all went to the same handful of top universities. Whenever you hear of a new tech company, or successful college student, they’re always from these schools. So whenever I see this, I feel like I’m never going to really be successful or accomplish must, because I attend a lower ranked school.
You don’t even have to look at CS. The entire Supreme Court of the US is just Harvard and Yale people, the past many US Presidents have all been elite university graduates. All the people that really make an impact in the world went to top universities.
This has been an anchor on me since high school. I spent an unhealthy amount of time back then researching how I could possibly get into an Ivy League school. I’m 21 now and attending a local state school. I can’t help but notice the amount of people who immediately get interviewed or hired by companies because they have top schools on their resume. Hell I’ve even seen companies that only hire from these types of schools. You do occasionally have that here too, but we’re definitely not on par with the resources or intellect of like Stanford or UIUC. I feel like I will not actually do big things someday, or contribute meaningfully to the world because I didn’t attend one of these school.
This isn’t something I’ve talked with anyone IRL about, because it’s embarrassing. I can see how it’s “prestige-chasing” but I just can’t help but feel that the only way to be successful and making a name for myself in the world is by attending one of these top ranked schools.
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r/cscareerquestions This has been on my mind for several years now, and I need to talk about it because it’s like a puppet master informing my every thought and decision. I feel like all of the people that really make an impact in the world, attended top schools. I look at the backgrounds of all these different people who are tech founders, or leading experts in AI research, or leaders in some way in CS, and they all went to the same handful of top universities. Whenever you hear of a new tech company, or successful college student, they’re always from these schools. So whenever I see this, I feel like I’m never going to really be successful or accomplish must, because I attend a lower ranked school. You don’t even have to look at CS. The entire Supreme Court of the US is just Harvard and Yale people, the past many US Presidents have all been elite university graduates. All the people that really make an impact in the world went to top universities. This has been an anchor on me since high school. I spent an unhealthy amount of time back then researching how I could possibly get into an Ivy League school. I’m 21 now and attending a local state school. I can’t help but notice the amount of people who immediately get interviewed or hired by companies because they have top schools on their resume. Hell I’ve even seen companies that only hire from these types of schools. You do occasionally have that here too, but we’re definitely not on par with the resources or intellect of like Stanford or UIUC. I feel like I will not actually do big things someday, or contribute meaningfully to the world because I didn’t attend one of these school. This isn’t something I’ve talked with anyone IRL about, because it’s embarrassing. I can see how it’s “prestige-chasing” but I just can’t help but feel that the only way to be successful and making a name for myself in the world is by attending one of these top ranked schools. submitted by /u/Convillious [link] [comments]
This has been on my mind for several years now, and I need to talk about it because it’s like a puppet master informing my every thought and decision. I feel like all of the people that really make an impact in the world, attended top schools. I look at the backgrounds of all these different people who are tech founders, or leading experts in AI research, or leaders in some way in CS, and they all went to the same handful of top universities. Whenever you hear of a new tech company, or successful college student, they’re always from these schools. So whenever I see this, I feel like I’m never going to really be successful or accomplish must, because I attend a lower ranked school.
You don’t even have to look at CS. The entire Supreme Court of the US is just Harvard and Yale people, the past many US Presidents have all been elite university graduates. All the people that really make an impact in the world went to top universities.
This has been an anchor on me since high school. I spent an unhealthy amount of time back then researching how I could possibly get into an Ivy League school. I’m 21 now and attending a local state school. I can’t help but notice the amount of people who immediately get interviewed or hired by companies because they have top schools on their resume. Hell I’ve even seen companies that only hire from these types of schools. You do occasionally have that here too, but we’re definitely not on par with the resources or intellect of like Stanford or UIUC. I feel like I will not actually do big things someday, or contribute meaningfully to the world because I didn’t attend one of these school.
This isn’t something I’ve talked with anyone IRL about, because it’s embarrassing. I can see how it’s “prestige-chasing” but I just can’t help but feel that the only way to be successful and making a name for myself in the world is by attending one of these top ranked schools.
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