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a startup fired you for showing initiative and doing more with less? messed up.
by brosephius 15y ago
a startup fired you for showing initiative and doing more with less? messed up.
- api 15y agoIMHO, I think they really fired me because I one of the co-founders didn't like me because graduated from the University of Cincinnati instead of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc. I figured this out later when I checked their blog and he had prominently mentioned how they like to make sure their candidates are the "right people" from the "right schools." It was a very explicit statement, essentially that being from the "right school" is part of being the "right person." I encountered this a lot in Boston actually, to the point that I developed a complex about how I couldn't really do anything because I hadn't gone to Harvard. Then I moved away and realized that the rest of the world outside this bubble doesn't care about that.
- AaronInCincy 15y agoWhoa, I'm in Cincinnati. Are you still in the area? What are your thoughts on UC nixing the ComSci program?