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Fancy schools are just a way to get pre-vetted candidates. If you aren’t pre-vetted, it doesn’t mean you’re worse, it just means vetting you is more work and h
by pfannkuchen 2y ago
Fancy schools are just a way to get pre-vetted candidates.
If you aren’t pre-vetted, it doesn’t mean you’re worse, it just means vetting you is more work and has more risk.
- neilv 2y agoFancy schools might indeed, coincidentally, vet founders for the same things these particular investors are looking for. For example, wealthy family safety net for extended risk-taking, connections for finding customers and partners and investors, confidence of founders in asserting will over hires, and appealing to class-based beliefs of other investors. But since most of us aren't investors, this isn't to say that fancy schools vet for, say, hires. While I generally like and respect the people I've known who happened to attend fancy schools, I've learned not to pay much attention to what schools someone attended.