I think the thing that’s unusual and backed up by data is that being a college grad right now has higher unemployment rate than the total average unemployment rate. This has never been the case in history until recently.
I wish responses would specify their gender and if they are in a heterosexual or same sex relationship. It would be easier to frame where these answers are coming from.
> there really aren’t enough women to meet demand… if we keep hiring the way we’re hiring. Namely, if we keep over-indexing on CS degrees from top schools, and even if we remove unconscious bias from the process entirely, we will not get to gender parity. And yes, there is a way to surface strong candidates without relying on proxies like college degree.
I am all in favour of reducing the industry’s reliance on fancy name schools for hiring.
OP must meet hundreds of below-average CS students every year. For myself, I've been consistently impressed with the new CS grads I meet, both in their depth of knowledge and enthusiasm.