I’m a Canadian immigrant. I didn’t have recognizable highschool credentials. So had to go through a local college 1st year program. I had a 4.0 GPA when I appli

I’m a Canadian immigrant. I didn’t have recognizable highschool credentials. So had to go through a local college 1st year program. I had a 4.0 GPA when I applied to a Canadian university for second-year transfer program. I applied to only one school, and one program with no backups. Got in and graduated with a 4.0. During my internships at Microsoft, I met a ton of Ivy kids. I was very intimidated and clearly went through imposter syndrome. There was a touch of elitism which I think was their downfall. Every kid from my university got a return offer. But there were so many Ivy kids who didn’t. And it seemed like they didn’t even care, but only after they’d already knew they were not coming back. Most of those kids didn’t really make it big in my opinion, now 12 years later. Clearly, humility isn’t a skill they teach in schools. And in many cases, especially when you’re a noob in the industry, lack of it reveals an inner Dunning-Kruger that make one unattractive. I’ve recruited many Ivy kids over the years. There is a bimodal distribution. There are ones that are truly very smart - these tend to be humble too. Then there are those who flaunt - almost always there is no substance with these kids. Once you’re in the industry, nobody gives a shit which university you went to or what your grades were.