> This creates a strong selection effect where the type of C.S. graduates you encounter is dictated by the strength and compensation level of your company. Top school CS grads can go straight into jobs that pay higher than Senior SWE compensation in many markets. They’re not interested in applying to average junior SWE comp jobs at companies that nobody will recognize on their resume.

My experience has been that it’s the norm to find that even people who come from “recognisable” names follow a bell curve distribution that matches people who come from other places.