[LRUG] Important to be a graduate? (was Re: Code samples: To do or not to do)

[Chris Parsons]

Hi Sebastian,

...from my point of view:

On 7 Apr 2009, at 16:53, Sebastian Komianos wrote:

> So, the question is: If you are not
> interested in becoming an academic, does graduating from a top-15
> university give you extra points in comparison to someone that  
> graduated
> from a university ranked, let's say, 35th, but who has other work to
> demonstrate as well?

Yes, as long as the degree content was good and not totally  
irrelevant. You don't have to have a degree though, but you'd need a  
decent track record instead before you'd be at the same level.

> In addition, does the same apply to companies? Does a job in a  
> really good
> company in the past help when it comes to applying in another company?

Yes, definitely.

Chris