[fwdpropaganda]

EVERY tech article about the hot new startup introduces the founders in the following way. If they previously worked at Google, Facebook, they mentioned it. They don't say "founders previously worked at Google therefore THEY'RE AMAZING". But they mention it. If they previously worked at an irrelevant company, they don't mention the company. What's implicit is that if you worked at Google that's remarkable and worth mentioning.

That is prestige by association. If you can't see it.... well, I just hope it's not because you're in denial.

EDIT: Also, VCs. It's a lot easier to get a VCs attention, or a recruiter's attention, if you say you previously worked at Google. If any of this is news to you, I don't know what else to tell you...

[pathseeker]

>EVERY tech article about the hot new startup introduces the founders in the following way.

No it doesn't. Just because you see some articles do that doesn't mean all articles do it.[1] Also, keep in mind that the people writing these articles usually understand tech much better than the layman so that's still not evidence of the general public giving a shit about googlers.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

[ryandrake]

Same with schools. If they’re from Stanford I guarantee the article will mention it. If they’re from Generic State University they won’t (unless the article is for GSU’s campus paper).