u/Any-Recording-7011 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
1) how many Stanford graduates are there per year? 2) how many years has Stanford graduated students vs (pick a bootcamp), by whom to build a reputation?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
1. "Last year, 18 percent of Stanford University seniors graduated with a degree in computer science, [more than double](https://stanforddaily.com/2020/04/25/stanford-in-the-2010s-trends-in-undergrad-majors-visualized/) the proportion of just a decade earlier. Over the same period at MIT, that rate went up from [23 percent](https://registrar.mit.edu/stats-reports/degrees-awarded/2012-2013) to [42 percent](https://registrar.mit.edu/stats-reports/degrees-awarded)." [source](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/computing-college-cs-majors/677792/)
So not a ton of people but people are catching on.... because they are in such high demand
2. Since about the Google days but much longer
I mean, it's not rocket science. I know a ton of Stanford students from my Meta days that I was friends with and hung out with on campus and not only are the people brilliant, but they spent 4 years learning from brilliant people, in all majors and not just CS, and they had a ton of internships at the hottest companies.
It's not even remotely close. The best bootcamp grad who is destined to outshine a typical Stanford CS grad would still need time just to break even and investment from the company that hired them. It could be worth it for some companies, but for the top companies, it's cheaper to just wine and dine the Stanford students and give them $100K signing bonuses.