How do you know the college that your colleagues went to?

The people I know who graduated from top tier schools have very average successful careers. Also, they have below average social lives. It may be due to poor soft skills. I know several people with lower tiered schools who have great careers (maybe due to good soft skills), even a couple people without college degrees. Yes, one is a SVP at a major company another is in sales and makes tons of money.

Anonymous wrote:There was a thread on here about an early Google employee who’d become an exec there. He went to Providence College in RI. People were saying that if he weren’t a white male he wouldn’t have gotten anywhere near there with that college pedigree.

That is what many people want to believe. Well adjusted, happy people with full lives don’t think that way.

Anonymous wrote:What is a really hard to get job?

Journalist at NYT, tenured professor, AI researcher, MBB consultant, investment banker

No, it just means they’re better at their jobs.

College is so overrated.

What is a really hard to get job?

There was a thread on here about an early Google employee who’d become an exec there. He went to Providence College in RI. People were saying that if he weren’t a white male he wouldn’t have gotten anywhere near there with that college pedigree.

That’s a moronic viewpoint. If one majors in certain subjects at any school, or has a strong aptitude for math or related areas, they will succeed. The fixation on rankings is becoming almost pathological among some people.

How would a privileged person end up at an embarrassing low tier school? Wouldn't they use privilege to get into a good school they weren't qualified to attend?

I assume that person is a hard worker whose parents weren't rich and privileged. You have to work a lot harder to prove yourself if you don't have an elite college on your resume.

I have literally never gone around mentally comparing the "status" of people's jobs with the "status" of their college. I generally assume that someone working in a highly coveted position is either very lucky or a very good fit for the role or both.

Anonymous wrote:I assume the organization is full of people with bad judgment at running an actual company and would decline a job if I came across multiple people like that. Like attracts (and promotes) like.

??

Anonymous wrote:I assume the organization is full of people with bad judgment at running an actual company and would decline a job if I came across multiple people like that. Like attracts (and promotes) like.

Well aren’t you a snob

I assume the organization is full of people with bad judgment at running an actual company and would decline a job if I came across multiple people like that. Like attracts (and promotes) like.

make you think the person is extremely privileged? Especially if they’re white and/or male? I was surprised to hear that viewpoint from someone I know. I am especially IMPRESSED if I see someone who went to a low-tier college working in a really-hard-to-get job. It makes me think that person had to work especially hard to get that job. I see the college tier system as a frivolous “tax” that may have little to do with someone’s abilities.