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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no doubt Ivy League degrees help people get MBB and similar jobs. We all know who those "prestigious firms" hire and why.

The notion though that Ivy League schools actually confer abilities that other environments cannot, however, is pure conjecture. In my workplace being competitive is not a desirable trait.[/quote]

I don’t understand that comment.

Literally all the people at the top of their area are competitive.  Professors, medical labs/researchers, doctors, musicians, actors, NPO founders…literally everything …you read or watch interviews and they talk about their competitive drive.[/quote]

Saying literally multiple times doesn’t make your opinion literally true. Just FYI.[/quote]

Except it’s not an opinion dipshit.  There is no line of work or career or workplace that doesn’t value competitiveness.[/quote]

Off the top of my head, healthcare workers, [b]research scientists, [/b]and teachers are jobs that don't value competitiveness.[/quote]

Mwahahahaha!

Ever gotten a grant?[/quote]

DP, research scientist- Yes, [b]I get grants by establishing and maintaining long term, affable, mutually beneficial relationships with the folks who control the purse strings.[/b]

Have you ever gotten a grant? Or more to the point, have you ever gotten a second grant?[/quote]

You are elbowing out others by brown nosing, but you are still elbowing them out.  [/quote]

The fact that you equate what I said with “brown nosing” proves a PP’s point that you lack emotional EQ…[/quote]
Effective brown nosing definitely does require emotional EQ, so congrats for that I guess.

If you don't think the specifics of what you do constitutes brown nosing, please feel free to explain why to those of us who apparently lack the emotional EQ. Just make sure to use a reasonable definition of what brown nosing entails.[/quote]

I’m more curious to hear your definition of brown nosing. And whether you have any friends.

To me, brown nosing means sucking up. Friendly relationships that benefit both parties do not require sucking up - just professionalism, competence, and respect.[/quote]

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