<p>You must be near the Washington area. While VaTech does have a good reputation, this is Federal “Gubment” area and the Feds don’t care about whether the grad is from GMU or VaTech.</p>
<p>They (employers) care how good you are in Java, C++, C#, Ruby, Hadoop, RESTFul Services, databases and networks.</p>
<p>In the metro DC area, degrees are more of “check off the box”.</p>