> and I can guarantee you that 22 year old compsci grads and 50 year old product management vice presidents who think the glossiness of the building is importan

> and I can guarantee you that 22 year old compsci grads and 50 year old product management vice presidents who think the glossiness of the building is important are much bigger shitbags than 18 year old college applicants and 70 year old professors who might think so too. Could you elaborate on that? I feel like those labels could all describe the same people depending on their life experiences. The psychological factors that result in high-achievers in academia and industry seeking prestige are too subtle for me to understand well enough to think of any of these people as “shitbags”.