Is there a bias against hackers from 'name-brand' colleges?
_pius: There's jealousy sometimes, but ultimately if you've got skill commensurate (or better) with the name brand of your degree, it's not a problem at all.  Most people are cool.  If you're an arrogant ass, you'll get treated like one.  If you got hired by management based on your school, but you can't code very well, people will look down on you.Actually, the broader backlash by far seems to be from some self-taught hackers against people who've gone to school for computer science.  There seems to be this idea out there that a computer science program is worthless for becoming a good hacker.  For crappy programs, this is true.  For great ones, it couldn't be further from the truth.Anyway, do expect some people to try to test you though and embarrass you if they can.  Of course, those people probably would have tried no matter where you went to school.