<p>A Harvard grad once said that, following graduation, his school “opened doors I didn’t know existed.”</p>
<p>A friend of mine who graduated from Yale once told me he couldn’t remember how often he was told he got the interview just because he was a Yalie. Doesn’t mean he got all those jobs – but Yale sure opened the doors to the interview! </p>
<p>Finally, I went to a school considered the best public in the US. Decades ago. And it still comes up during MY interviews. </p>
<p>Yes, those “prestige” schools get noticed. But you still have to perform to get the job and to stay on the job. And just as likely, the person in the office/cubicle/lab space next to you went to a no-name school and is doing the same work you are, or is your boss.</p>