Right, but no matter what your past is, you are still at $currentCompany, not $prevCompany, so in that most important of ways you are exactly the same as all t

Right, but no matter what your past is, you are still at $currentCompany, not $prevCompany, so in that most important of ways you are exactly the same as all these other people you are trying to flex on. Why would I care that you used to get paychecks from a more prestigious company if yours are signed by the same guy as me now?