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A couple times a year, somebody will tell me they're surprised to learn that I didn't go to MIT.
I've never attended an elite institution nor do I think I've ever implied that I have, so I wonder what contributes to the impression of "MIT-ness".
I've never attended an elite institution nor do I think I've ever implied that I have, so I wonder what contributes to the impression of "MIT-ness".
The state school I attended is considered decent, but that's a coincidence. I went to Wisconsin because:
* I grew up poor (by U.S. standards); in-state tuition was cheap.
* My GPA was low; admissions used f(GPA,ACT) to auto admit; ACT was high enough to get in regardless of GPA.
* I grew up poor (by U.S. standards); in-state tuition was cheap.
* My GPA was low; admissions used f(GPA,ACT) to auto admit; ACT was high enough to get in regardless of GPA.
I wonder if this kind of thing is why the person who tried to refer me the first two times I applied to Twitter couldn't get anyone to talk to me despite them being senior, giving a very strong recommendation, and following up internally multiple times https://twitter.com/shaft/status/1355696154990628864
IMO, in the replies, people are too focused on Twitter ("this is why Twitter sucks/failed")
It's not that Twitter doesn't deserve the flack it's getting. It does
But this is a systemic problem and linking it to failure/sucking falsely implies successful companies don't do this
It's not that Twitter doesn't deserve the flack it's getting. It does
But this is a systemic problem and linking it to failure/sucking falsely implies successful companies don't do this
e.g., the two stories below come from (arguably) the hottest tech companies in the '00s & '10s, respectively.
The latter employed the strictest prestige filter of any > $1B tech company I know of, much stricter than Twitter's.
https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/
https://danluu.com/programmer-moneyball/
The latter employed the strictest prestige filter of any > $1B tech company I know of, much stricter than Twitter's.
https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/
https://danluu.com/programmer-moneyball/
