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Somewhat recently there was a controversial Twitter thread that defined which universities had computer science graduates worth hiring, and the hirable percentage from those universities. The best ranked universities were small, famous and expensive. Quite a few folks reacted against this perspective’s bias and privilege, at least as many chimed in to confirm the claims.

Somewhat recently there was a Twitter thread that listed which universities had computer science graduates worth hiring, as well as the hirable percentage from those universities. The best ranked universities were small, famous and expensive. Quite a few folks reacted against this perspective. At least as many chimed in to confirm the claims. I didn’t say anything - I stopped arguing on Twitter a long time ago - but I found myself discussing the thread with a few folks. Like me, the folks I chatted with hadn’t attended an elite private college, and unsurprisingly we disagreed with the take. Wo

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