"Having a big-tech company on my resume has done nothing but send an endless stream of recruiters knocking on my door" I know plenty of people who didn't work

"Having a big-tech company on my resume has done nothing but send an endless stream of recruiters knocking on my door" I know plenty of people who didn't work at a Google/Apple/Facebook with an endless stream of recruiters chasing them. Maybe you have the type of background they're being paid to chase after. "I always hear 'Well if Google/Apple/FB are willing to hire you...'" If I hired the wrong person, 'well they worked at google' is a poor explanation for the hiring mistake. I'm sure working at Google can play to your advantage for higher level career goals and some people have done amazing things at Google. I just think people are over-estimating it.