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Your take would make sense if internships weren't completely swamped
My cs internship took about 300 or so applications to get one (after about 5 months of looking). It's even worse now, and knowing people doesn't mean much in this industry unless it's a small local company or you somehow know the vp of a company.
This is where having a good GPA matters and going to a good school. If you want to go to school to learn, that's cool, but don't think it's going to get you a good job.
If you were in the same Greek house as the hiring manager, your chances go up. If you went to the same school or went to a prestigious school like Yale, your chances go up. No one is looking at your GPA at this point though.
You really have to go out and socialize. It's not enough to just have a degree anymore. You need to do projects. Contribute to open source projects. Go to meetups.
If you have Google on your resume, you're good. It doesn't matter how good you did there. Employers look at this. If you start your career off on the wrong foot, it will follow you around for the rest of your career and it may be difficult to get out of it.
Nobody ever cares about anyone’s GPA except to get into grad school.