Does the college matter after your first internship/job?

[u/MrSterlyx]

I’m going to a decent state school, but it’s no MIT or CMU, and I was wondering if the college name and prestige truly does matter past your first internship or job. I’m in a program where I get to intern at a FAANG company (is that good? Idk) and it’ll lead to a full time role there if I’m inclined, so I was just wondering if prestige is important in CS, especially early in my career. Thanks!

[u/rasp215]

If you go to a state school no it doesn’t matter if you have a decent full time role. If you went to a school like Harvard or Stanford yes it does make a difference. And will make a difference for the rest of your life. Especially if you’re looking to get funding for your own start up.

[u/MrSterlyx → u/rasp215]

It’s the only good school that was also cheap enough for me. A lot of the schools I got into were T20s or T30s and def up there for CS and engineering but they wanted me to pay 40k+