I graduated from a no-name school and have worked next to Harvard grads making the same money.
If he wants to live in the NE then the name brand will count for more. Elsewhere most people only seem to care that you have a degree and can do the job.
Believe it or not, Harvard does carry some negatives outside the Northeat corridor and not because of ideology.
Employers think you will want more money and that you maybe an entitiled elitist snob. I stopped telling people years ago that I went to Harvard until I transfered to a small Southern liberal arts school. Just sayin’