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I've always found prestige to be so strange. I suppose it helps that I went to smaller Jesuit school rather than some big top-tier Ivy or similar. That said, I
by rconti 6y ago
I've always found prestige to be so strange. I suppose it helps that I went to smaller Jesuit school rather than some big top-tier Ivy or similar.
That said, I've kind of gone the opposite direction. I've always worked in tech companies, in production environments, for companies you may-or-may-not have heard of. I never understood why engineers from Big Name companies were considered so much 'better'.
Now I work at a big tech company you've heard of (but definitely not a FAANG), and I understand now. The professionalism, the thoughtfulness, ownership, and output they expect.. it really is another level from just showing up at work every day. I'm not saying 60 hour weeks, I'm just saying the caliber of work and collaboration. The job titles really are "worth" more than at the average company.
- pram 6y agoI've worked at plenty of big name companies you've heard of, and I have not experienced what you describe. Oracle, for example, was pretty much about showing up at work every day. Personally I think they churn out 'better' engineers simply because you are afforded more opportunities to work on things that can be of enormous scale, specificity, and complexity.
- klmadfejno 6y agoBig isn't the relevant word here. The right word is growing, and wealthy. I don't have any personal insight into Oracle, but if I were to fathom a guess, I'd say it's probably bureaucratically entrenched and a fiercely competitive internal culture.