Does “prestige” matter for Computer Science majors?

blossom
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:02:10 +0000

There is a difference between a “CS related” job (i.e. working in an IT role supporting large teams with their tech problems) vs. an actual CS job.

Folks in my area love to brag about their kid “snagging” a great CS job… right out of undergrad… which in many cases is actually a job working on a help desk. I am not dissing those jobs-- but helping an HR person figure out why the columns on an excel aren’t lining up correctly, is not the kind of CS folks on CC tend to debate when talking about prestige, Cal Tech, etc.

Actual CS jobs- you aren’t helping your non-technical colleagues change the fonts on their spreadsheets…