Sure I have plenty of them but more than my own stories and observations is that their is plenty of empirical evidence that supports the premise based on basic

Sure I have plenty of them but more than my own stories and observations is that their is plenty of empirical evidence that supports the premise based on basic human nature. One only needs to look at every form of government, The Cast system in India, the Feudal system in Japan and Europe and Slavery to quickly identify that people view themselves as of a cast, whether we like it or not we do, you do, I do. VC's are no different and in some ways the worst offenders they most assuredly see themselves as VC's a distinct class. Now granted it is a generalization and not everyone fits the mold but measured as a whole people associate themselves with their cast in whatever social structure they interact in. Go to an large company and see who the Executives dine with, see who the technical people interact with it will most assuredly be, measured as a whole, birds of a feather. The evidence is in every social structure we participate in. As for pitching VC's, contrary to being helpful it is not hurtful and that was my point, there are very few people that are going to go oh he calls himself the CTO, what an idiot. Sure they are not going to be impressed by the title either so you have a net of 0 there, but the demographic of idiot executives that will dismiss you out of hand for not being an executive is much higher. It's not a matter of helping it's a matter of hurting.