Comment by ryanmolden

Yes, not to mention that it simply means people that don't fit their pedigree filter are available. I have met brilliant hackers from MIT/Berkeley/et al, I have also met average hackers from those schools, and brilliant hackers from other schools. My experience leads me to believe the correlation between brilliant hacker and school (if any) is positive, but not dominating. The again maybe that is just me hoping, not having come from their vaunted halls :)