Nothing brings me greater joy than denying a T15 grad for a job.

[Anonymous]

Boy, must have been a rough Ivy day this year around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of losers.

My smartest co-worker was a CalTech and Harvard grad (science) and Gtown law. I went to him for answers all of the time.

I worked with lots of brilliant Ivy grads and even though I am a state school grad- I didn’t carry resentment or envy or some weird hate.

I have only a Master’s degree. People look down on those without PhDs where I work- not where they went to school. Though after 30 years in my field it’s all irrelevant now.

+1

If you are in STEM (non-engineering), it’s PhD snobs.

[Anonymous]

I have a relative who had a few Wharton grads who couldn’t write competently, so they decided that no Wharton grads could write.

People are weird.

[Anonymous]

Enjoy JMU, troll high school kid OP!

[Anonymous]

I hired a kid who was top of his class from Florida State for a banking job. Very smart and capable and it worked well for a while.

Then at some point the chip on his shoulder kicked in and he had a major attitude shift which made him impossible to work with. He was very negative, bitter and angry. I don't think it was something in his personal life - he seemed to target the pedigreed people particularly. Which was odd because there were plenty of others in the department who were from relatively similar schools.

[Anonymous]

what a loser

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love giving chances to those who don't have fancy degrees. Top kids at average state schools are often smarter and harder working than Ivy types. But there is a clear line between using that to motivate you and being totally insecure and having a chip on your shoulder.

DP. I agree with the quoted bit just above. I know good engineers from WVU and VT who show up with a huge chip on their shoulder and tremendous workplace insecurity AND others from the same schools who show up motivated to show they can do the work (but no chip on the shoulder). People in the second group are highly valuable. People in the first group are just disruptive at work.

[Anonymous]

So weird. I am only overjoyed when I find a good fit from anywhere. The hiring market is tough to find really good people who are pleasant and I want to have on my team. I don’t care where they come from…our team has great people from Harvard and community college.

[Anonymous]

It’s natural to envy those that achieved something you didn’t. Gotta knock them down off their pedestals, right? It’s the “that could have been me” bit for whatever reason it wasn’t. My parents didn’t have $ for private/Ivies so only let me apply in-state. I used to have a chip about it since I was very top of my HS class, particularly being in a neighborhood surrounded by Ivy and SLAC alum. Then I realized nobody gives a sh@t. Ironically, my own kid is one of the only to be accepted to an Ivy in recent years. Since I had the means, I didn’t deny him.

[Anonymous]

if you're hiring 21 year olds at this stage of your career, this says something about your career.

if you care where a 30 year old went to college, your company is suffering for it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love giving chances to those who don't have fancy degrees. Top kids at average state schools are often smarter and harder working than Ivy types. But there is a clear line between using that to motivate you and being totally insecure and having a chip on your shoulder.

DP. I agree with the quoted bit just above. I know good engineers from WVU and VT who show up with a huge chip on their shoulder and tremendous workplace insecurity AND others from the same schools who show up motivated to show they can do the work (but no chip on the shoulder). People in the second group are highly valuable. People in the first group are just disruptive at work.

Do they have a chip or do you inadvertently say obnoxious things to them about being from WV/SWVa? People say the stupidest sh?t to people from Appalachia, even educated people. At my Ivy half the people treated me like a Neanderthal come to life or a circus freak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s natural to envy those that achieved something you didn’t. Gotta knock them down off their pedestals, right? It’s the “that could have been me” bit for whatever reason it wasn’t. My parents didn’t have $ for private/Ivies so only let me apply in-state. I used to have a chip about it since I was very top of my HS class, particularly being in a neighborhood surrounded by Ivy and SLAC alum. Then I realized nobody gives a sh@t. Ironically, my own kid is one of the only to be accepted to an Ivy in recent years. Since I had the means, I didn’t deny him.

^ oh and we love to razz him when he does something stupid ….”Ivy Leaguer” lol.

[Anonymous]

WASP grad who has worked with people from a range of schools that range from Ivies to lesser known smaller regional state universities in a non-STEM field. There are the “pedigrees” and hard skills/experience people bring to the workplace but a much bigger piece is the “soft” or “real life” qualities. Are they reliable? Teachable? Self-disciplined? Organized? Able to manage multiple projects at a time? The degree and experience isn’t worth much if the work ethic isn’t there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I’m with you. I especially love rejecting kids that went to ivies, MIT and Stanford. I get a bit of extra joy out of it, if I am rejecting a HYP grad.

So mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love giving chances to those who don't have fancy degrees. Top kids at average state schools are often smarter and harder working than Ivy types. But there is a clear line between using that to motivate you and being totally insecure and having a chip on your shoulder.

DP. I agree with the quoted bit just above. I know good engineers from WVU and VT who show up with a huge chip on their shoulder and tremendous workplace insecurity AND others from the same schools who show up motivated to show they can do the work (but no chip on the shoulder). People in the second group are highly valuable. People in the first group are just disruptive at work.

Do they have a chip or do you inadvertently say obnoxious things to them about being from WV/SWVa? People say the stupidest sh?t to people from Appalachia, even educated people. At my Ivy half the people treated me like a Neanderthal come to life or a circus freak.

I can’t tell you the number of times people at work have made inbreeding jokes when they find out I went to WVU for my undergraduate.