[entropy47]

I can't think of any other reason somebody might name an innovation focused business "Pioneer". Must be a nod to eugenics.

There are certainly narcissists at Stanford (and any other prestigious institution) but this desperate need to write off thousands of intelligent people based on some kind of imagined persecution is pretty weird to me.

[laidoffamazon]

1) It's real persecution 2) I think the last thing they need is even more constant adoration for their intelligence, which they definitely believe is genetically derived 3) I think he literally should have googled "Pioneer Fund" before naming it that because it's literally a disambiguation on Wikipedia [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Fund

[entropy47]

I don't think I'm going to be able to change your mind, but chatting to some more Stanford grads might. Not everybody is the stereotype. I'm sorry you've had such a bad experience.

Just for the record, I studied at a very unprestigious journalism school in Australia. But I work with many Stanford grads and in a company with it's fair share of assholes, they have all been lovely.