Do elite engineering school ranking lists actually matter for getting hired at tech startups or do employers just care about personal projects and cheap tuition
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Do elite engineering school ranking lists actually matter for getting hired at tech startups or do employers just care about personal projects and cheap tuition
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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ChatGPT real searches (2)
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Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
software engineering hiring startups degree prestige personal projects skills hiring research employers 2025 Google ↗
Y Combinator startup hiring engineers degree portfolio projects school prestige Google ↗
- Want a job in tech? Forget prestigious degrees—tech leaders look for GitHub projects and internships · fortune.com
- Want a job in tech? Forget prestigious degrees—tech leaders look for GitHub projects and internships · fortune.com
- Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · ycombinator.com
- 2025 Developer Skills Report · hackerrank.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
software engineering hiring startups degree prestige personal projects skills hiring research employers 2025 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Y Combinator startup hiring engineers degree portfolio projects school prestige OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |