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[quote=Anonymous]I attended a no name school. Went to work at a very prestigious tech firm. Over time you came to realize that alot of your peers went to Ivy's, MIT, and often after going to the Andovers and Exeters of the world.

Some were scary smart and many not so much. Most, if not all, didn't discuss their pedigree.

Where the differences were: is I have to work for 5-7 years in the industry to get there, and get lucky, whereas they all went straight out of undergraduate/graduate and their networks (and sometimes their parents) helped. And their resumes still smoked mine because let's face it being a Princeton grad or Yale Law school grad is pretty studly.

And the other thing - they got educated. I went to school and worked to get a degree  - they went to school to get educated- big difference in mindset. And they also understood the social aspects of life amongst the successful a lot better than I did. There was a level of refinement that they had that I lacked. That all said - some of them lacked the fire in the belly and it's the fire in the belly that eventually separates the men from the boys.

But don't forget - the real money is with the drop outs lol.[/quote]

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