[Aurornis]

> The only people who will respond well are other people who went to the same ivy as you.

Not my experience at all. I’ve been at multiple companies where the top management came from different Ivies (or similarly prestigious universities).

They all promoted and hired people from other prestigious universities.

I have never actually seen this proverbial situation where an entire company clique is all from one, single university except at very, very small startups.

At big companies, it’s less about the exact uni and more about where it falls in the rankings. Anything top-10 is basically interchangeable.

[CuriouslyC]

Being at an Ivy doesn't buy you much 10+ years into your career as an ordinary applicant in most industries, a lot of people hardly make it that far down a resume before tossing it. Getting your first job out of college (or getting recruited while in college) and knowing people from an Ivy who are 10+ years into their career and being able to skip the applicant pile is very different.