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by colonCapitalDee 1149 days ago
I've seen this in the startup ecosystem; it's a prestige game. When I was applying to jobs last year I would see startups brag on their websites about how many MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, etc grads they had. The most egregious was a startup that had a "select your school" dropdown that was basically the US News top 20 CS schools followed by "other"