brianeyci wrote:Ask people who have hit the market recently; ask them if employers give a shit about education besides that you have it. Durandal said he didn't get his job because of his grades or program of study. There would be zero chance of someone getting Durandal's job if he was a foreign graduate, unless he was exceptional. Foreign universities often have higher standards than native ones too -- it's harder to get into Beijing university than to get into Harvard.
I don't know about Apple, but I know a number of people who are employed at Google based exactly on the superiority of the local faculty compared to most US ones. My cousin (who didn't mess up his university career like me) is actually heading over for an internship in a couple of months. Similar thing with the local MS branch, where a bunch of people were first employed locally, but then were promoted into positions in the US.
Hell, I actually know of two guys who are something of a faculty legend since they, as rather marginal students in their third year, got offered positions as assistants at some university in Bumfuck, Kansas, with generous pay, benefits and all, as well as an opportunity to finish up their degrees in record time compared to what it would have taken them at home, simply on the brand name of our faculty and some luck in making a connection with the university.
Yes, its harder, but not nearly as hard as you make it seem to be, if proper channels are followed, and of course, if one wants to go work abroad in the first place. As long as you come from a respected faculty (or university in the cases of smaller ones), you can get a job abroad without many issues, especially in fields with deficits of local talent.