the motivation for people i know to do that is less disingenuous ... 4 - if you say that you went to Harvard (or another well-known university), lots of people

the motivation for people i know to do that is less disingenuous ... 4 - if you say that you went to Harvard (or another well-known university), lots of people automatically cringe and think "ugh this guy must be a snob!", so if you're really not a snob, then the reason for avoiding specifics is so that people don't pre-judge upon first impressions. the responses to my article sort of exemplifies this phenomenon. lots of readers didn't like how i 'name-dropped' where i attended school ... i was mentioning where i went to school because it's relevant for the point i'm making in my article, not merely to show off or brag. oftentimes i don't tell people where i went to school because i don't want to automatically be viewed as a snob on first impressions.