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I might be an outlier but I went to a tiny middle America liberal arts university that you probably never heard of, and work for a SV startup. And I haven't he
by stadium 5y ago
I might be an outlier but I went to a tiny middle America liberal arts university that you probably never heard of, and work for a SV startup. And I haven't heard the topic of where people went to school come up a single time.
- ambicapter 5y agoYou work for a Silicon Valley startup, but the above posters are mostly talking about people who run one.
- stadium 5y ago> There's a set of something like ten schools from which Silicon Valley companies hire. I responded to GP's comment about hiring. Ivy-like pedigree surely helps for any career path, but that's no different for SV or anywhere else.
- b20000 5y agoBut you grew up in the US. You are not a "foreigner".
- stadium 5y agoEven if that's true (it is), I have almost never had a meaningful conversation with a coworker about where we got our degrees from. Maybe that's because the conversation usually stops after I share my no-name institution. And in my current role I don't remember degree pedigree coming up once in any conversation. If there's any lesson to learn from this thread I guess it's that no amount or level of credentials can overcome cultural biases, racism, and discrimination.