> equently work on projects alongside CS graduates from prestigious schools who seem incapable of completing even the most simple coding tasks
It's possible there's selection bias going on. The wheat end up at the Apples and Googles of the world and the chaff end up working with you.
This isn't intended to be an insult. People who attend ivy leagues are given such a huge leg up that even an average graduate probably make it further than most of us plebeians.
Right...Which is why I was pointing out that perhaps you're getting stuck working with the dregs of the ivy leagues, and that you're experience may not be representative due to bias.
It's possible there's selection bias going on. The wheat end up at the Apples and Googles of the world and the chaff end up working with you.
This isn't intended to be an insult. People who attend ivy leagues are given such a huge leg up that even an average graduate probably make it further than most of us plebeians.