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by onekorg 2696 days ago
He still gets street cred by saying he quit a 6 or 7 figure job to pursue his dreams.
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Yeah this is like saying you are a Sanford PHD dropout.

Im most situations it tells the same story (you are smart and qualified) as if you were to stay and finish the PhD.

Hell, I've had conversations with people that were impressed that I even got approached and flown out to have an interview at Google. Being an ex-Googler should certainly impress people still.