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I've actually been seeing a trend where more and more companies are actually trying to recruit hackers from state schools. I think people are finally starting to get it.

Additionally, I could not be more thrilled with the high number of non-traditional CS schools in the top 20.

It's true, and that's why I think student hackathons are going to become so important in recruiting. It's not about the grades and a fancy name, great talent comes from passion and intellectual curiosity. At these events the differences between the groups that code for fun and the groups that are in CS because they think it means a guaranteed well paying job post-graduation are REALLY obvious.

so to be fair, maryland is in the top 15 (for CS, I think it's 14), so it's not really a Cinderella story if you go from thinking about the top 10 to the top 20, now is it...