Listing Fancy High School on LinkedIn

[Anonymous]

It is truly fascinating to read the random crap insecure strivers are triggered by. You put your high school on LinkedIn so you can connect with your high school network. Private alums value this network because they truly enjoyed their experience. OP is probably one of those crazy public moms who spams the private school sub-forum. Now she's worried sick that the elite private school her kids don't attend will hold them back forever as private peers are able to confer their status on online resumes forever. If her kids put their middling public high school on their LinkedIn it will tease out they're unwashed low born and/or the parents were too cheap to pay for private. For shame! Get a grip, OP. It's not gauche or tacky... it is perfectly normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are not trying to appeal to your ilk, PP. They are signaling to people of their own class that they have the proper background. Just ignore it- it's not meant for you and is largely irrelevant to you- it's about a life you will never lead.

Maybe...but if I am the hiring manager, then they have just shot themselves in the foot.

They probably dont want to work for someone like you with an obvious chip on your shoulder, so actually... no, it's working as intended. Like I said, they want to find quality people of their ilk, no white trash with an axe to grind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread had a woman lauding APS but attended Sidwell, as identified from her LinkedIn profile.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1091696.page

I’ve seen Palo Alto High School, Deerfield Academy, NCS, all sorts of private high schools.

For the most part, you are admitted to college on your merits (I know that is up for debate) but the high school you attend is 99% the efforts of your parents (even a magnet, since they likely managed the logistics to make you eligible).

I understand if you are a fellow Sidwell alum, it engenders good will to the applicant, but as a poor person growing up it feels gauche to me. But maybe that’s how the world works, looking for people from your class at your IB, PE, law firm….?

You sound painfully insecure. Listing high school (any high school) is something most young-ish professionals under 40 or so do -- and nearly all college kids and young professionals under 30 do. People also list their high school on their Facebook profiles. Is that trying too hard too?

It makes sense of Facebook, don’t be obtuse.

It makes perfectly valid and the same sense on both. You're trolling or a dunce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is truly fascinating to read the random crap insecure strivers are triggered by. You put your high school on LinkedIn so you can connect with your high school network. Private alums value this network because they truly enjoyed their experience. OP is probably one of those crazy public moms who spams the private school sub-forum. Now she's worried sick that the elite private school her kids don't attend will hold them back forever as private peers are able to confer their status on online resumes forever. If her kids put their middling public high school on their LinkedIn it will tease out they're unwashed low born and/or the parents were too cheap to pay for private. For shame! Get a grip, OP. It's not gauche or tacky... it is perfectly normal.

I’m sorry if someone gets a leg up on a job because their parents paid for private school, I don’t see how you can’t see that is classism in the hiring process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are not trying to appeal to your ilk, PP. They are signaling to people of their own class that they have the proper background. Just ignore it- it's not meant for you and is largely irrelevant to you- it's about a life you will never lead.

Maybe...but if I am the hiring manager, then they have just shot themselves in the foot.

They probably dont want to work for someone like you with an obvious chip on your shoulder, so actually... no, it's working as intended. Like I said, they want to find quality people of their ilk, no white trash with an axe to grind.

Nice satire. It almost seemed real.

[Anonymous]

If you create a LinkedIn in college or shortly thereafter, it's common to put your high school, especially if your high school has an alum association or advancement director who took the time to curate a LinkedIn account for the school with an avatar. Are these millennials and zoomers supposed to go back into their LinkedIn three, five or ten years later and delete the high school so they don't trigger people like OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is truly fascinating to read the random crap insecure strivers are triggered by. You put your high school on LinkedIn so you can connect with your high school network. Private alums value this network because they truly enjoyed their experience. OP is probably one of those crazy public moms who spams the private school sub-forum. Now she's worried sick that the elite private school her kids don't attend will hold them back forever as private peers are able to confer their status on online resumes forever. If her kids put their middling public high school on their LinkedIn it will tease out they're unwashed low born and/or the parents were too cheap to pay for private. For shame! Get a grip, OP. It's not gauche or tacky... it is perfectly normal.

I’m sorry if someone gets a leg up on a job because their parents paid for private school, I don’t see how you can’t see that is classism in the hiring process.

News flash, this is why families spend the big bucks for private and why public parents are so unhinged about public v. private. We all know it's not "the same" and the advantages both tangible and intangible extend far beyond age 18. It's not necessarily about cut and dry connections to get a new job, it's also about new friends, potential romantic partners, parents at your kids' school, head hunters, and decision makers seeing who you really are. The full picture when someone quickly Googles you or searches your name. This makes you public school strivers who moved to Washington unhinged because so many of you are trying to hide your stock, i.e. "where you came from."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are not trying to appeal to your ilk, PP. They are signaling to people of their own class that they have the proper background. Just ignore it- it's not meant for you and is largely irrelevant to you- it's about a life you will never lead.

Maybe...but if I am the hiring manager, then they have just shot themselves in the foot.

They probably dont want to work for someone like you with an obvious chip on your shoulder, so actually... no, it's working as intended. Like I said, they want to find quality people of their ilk, no white trash with an axe to grind.

Nice satire. It almost seemed real.

It is real. Sorry if the truth hits close to home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is truly fascinating to read the random crap insecure strivers are triggered by. You put your high school on LinkedIn so you can connect with your high school network. Private alums value this network because they truly enjoyed their experience. OP is probably one of those crazy public moms who spams the private school sub-forum. Now she's worried sick that the elite private school her kids don't attend will hold them back forever as private peers are able to confer their status on online resumes forever. If her kids put their middling public high school on their LinkedIn it will tease out they're unwashed low born and/or the parents were too cheap to pay for private. For shame! Get a grip, OP. It's not gauche or tacky... it is perfectly normal.

I’m sorry if someone gets a leg up on a job because their parents paid for private school, I don’t see how you can’t see that is classism in the hiring process.

News flash, this is why families spend the big bucks for private and why public parents are so unhinged about public v. private. We all know it's not "the same" and the advantages both tangible and intangible extend far beyond age 18. It's not necessarily about cut and dry connections to get a new job, it's also about new friends, potential romantic partners, parents at your kids' school, head hunters, and decision makers seeing who you really are. The full picture when someone quickly Googles you or searches your name. This makes you public school strivers who moved to Washington unhinged because so many of you are trying to hide your stock, i.e. "where you came from."

This thread reminds me of the long dcum thread about where are you from and soooooooo many strivers were trying to conceal their flyover country roots by claiming they're [now] from Washington because they've been in DC for X amount of years. Or if they were from a podunk town, they'd claim the city they went to college in or major city they began their career in (e.g. Chicago, New York City) and other tactics like that to duck where they were REALLY from.

[Anonymous]

My friend who went to Columbia undergrad and Johns Hopkins graduate school said her alumni network thru St Paul’s boarding school had been waaaaaay more helpful and influential for her career opportunities. Ymmv.

[Anonymous]

It’s networking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is truly fascinating to read the random crap insecure strivers are triggered by. You put your high school on LinkedIn so you can connect with your high school network. Private alums value this network because they truly enjoyed their experience. OP is probably one of those crazy public moms who spams the private school sub-forum. Now she's worried sick that the elite private school her kids don't attend will hold them back forever as private peers are able to confer their status on online resumes forever. If her kids put their middling public high school on their LinkedIn it will tease out they're unwashed low born and/or the parents were too cheap to pay for private. For shame! Get a grip, OP. It's not gauche or tacky... it is perfectly normal.

I’m sorry if someone gets a leg up on a job because their parents paid for private school, I don’t see how you can’t see that is classism in the hiring process.

News flash, this is why families spend the big bucks for private and why public parents are so unhinged about public v. private. We all know it's not "the same" and the advantages both tangible and intangible extend far beyond age 18. It's not necessarily about cut and dry connections to get a new job, it's also about new friends, potential romantic partners, parents at your kids' school, head hunters, and decision makers seeing who you really are. The full picture when someone quickly Googles you or searches your name. This makes you public school strivers who moved to Washington unhinged because so many of you are trying to hide your stock, i.e. "where you came from."

This thread reminds me of the long dcum thread about where are you from and soooooooo many strivers were trying to conceal their flyover country roots by claiming they're [now] from Washington because they've been in DC for X amount of years. Or if they were from a podunk town, they'd claim the city they went to college in or major city they began their career in (e.g. Chicago, New York City) and other tactics like that to duck where they were REALLY from.

Yes! I remember that thread, it was a great one. People lying about where they were from and using the current city they lived in instead of saying they were from Small Town, Alabama or Podunk, Oregon. And there were lots of angry DCUMers who got called out by it! 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are not trying to appeal to your ilk, PP. They are signaling to people of their own class that they have the proper background. Just ignore it- it's not meant for you and is largely irrelevant to you- it's about a life you will never lead.

Maybe...but if I am the hiring manager, then they have just shot themselves in the foot.

They probably dont want to work for someone like you with an obvious chip on your shoulder, so actually... no, it's working as intended. Like I said, they want to find quality people of their ilk, no white trash with an axe to grind.

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

I went to TJ and it’s on my LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend who went to Columbia undergrad and Johns Hopkins graduate school said her alumni network thru St Paul’s boarding school had been waaaaaay more helpful and influential for her career opportunities. Ymmv.

“Ymmv” is like nails on a chalkboard. Such a stupid expression. Can we please kill it?