I disagree. How many NC State grads become tech luminaries? Very few. How many Stanford, Harvard, UWash, UIUC, even Cornell or Yale CS (not as highly ranked) become tech luminaries? A lot more. (FWIW, it's so hard to get into CS at UIUC/UWash today it's equivalent to getting into an Ivy).
Of course, you could always say that this is a function of inherent talent and drive more than institution, which is possible, but even then it's just a vital social signal and leaves out the 99% who could never stand a chance of getting into elite institutions like me.
Of course, you could always say that this is a function of inherent talent and drive more than institution, which is possible, but even then it's just a vital social signal and leaves out the 99% who could never stand a chance of getting into elite institutions like me.