Yes, I graduated from the same school as Salomon a few years later, and I got a lot of “you’re just a random dude from nowhere, go back to the playground” vibe during my time in California.
It’s quite an American attitude to judge your entire life and skills solely based on the college you went to. I didn’t encounter such attitude with my fellow European and Australian colleagues.
Nowadays, I don’t care that much because I’m not the little, defenseless, graduate student I was, and I do enjoy bringing a Google-Standford-Californian down to earth when they are bragging about something they have no idea about.
It’s quite an American attitude to judge your entire life and skills solely based on the college you went to. I didn’t encounter such attitude with my fellow European and Australian colleagues.
Nowadays, I don’t care that much because I’m not the little, defenseless, graduate student I was, and I do enjoy bringing a Google-Standford-Californian down to earth when they are bragging about something they have no idea about.