Does going to the bigger and *better* really affect your career?

Bassfacewhy

I chose to post this in AH as this has a wide range of people, so inevitably a lot who went to college and have since joined the rat race.

So did you go to Trinity/UCC/UCD and did that open a lot of doors?

And almost more importantly, people who went to smaller and less respected colleges - do you feel disadvantaged for doing so and have you found a good career path now?

I want to note that I'm not trying to slate smaller colleges/IT's, I think they can provide the exact same education as some of the bigger ones.

And finally, as this is AH I'll include a little joke.

What's the difference between love, true love, and showing off? A:

Spit, swallow, and gargle,

D1stant

Christ

Not really. DIT Or Trinity will still get you the interview. After that it's up to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kahnb3qnm0

Sugar Free

In my first employer (large trans-national but not a household name) the vast majority of people - including graduates - were from universities, not IT's.

I went to a university and also have a masters from a well known business school in Ireland (lol). For my particular background and set of circumstances, these two facts have benefited my career, the masters more so as the knowledge I gained from it (and subsequently demonstrated in the multiple interviews I had) were very significant in getting hired for my current role.

It's very dependent though on your indiviudal circumstances. If you want to go to a big 4, get your ACA and go on from there into banking lets say, then going to a 'big' university and business school will definitely factor into things.

There are numerous examples, which I'm less familiar with, where these things won't be as important at all.

TL:DR, it depends.

ygolometsipe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question

Starbordsie

As a Trinity grad, nah, makes not a jot of difference. And rightfully so too, IMO. I can't fathom what about my degree is supposed to be superior because it's from Trinity.

Have a look at Linkedin, lots of high-achieving students from ITs around the country are in great jobs.

In fact, I have a friend who is a recruiter at a big multinational who is positively distainful of Trinity grads. I put it to her that it seems like she would dismiss a Trinity grad offhand without considering their application and she pretty much confirmed that to be the case! HR people have their own biases and they don't always go in favour of the more "prestigious" colleges.

The Backwards Man

I had an offer from King's College in London and to be honest OP, I sometimes feel that yes, I really would be shovelling a better quality of dung right now if I had went there.