Tech's diversity crisis: 40% of VCs went to Harvard or Stanford
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#2I would like to see a breakdown of the other 60% because I have my suspicions. They tell us America is the land of opportunity, but they don't tell you that there's a club of truly wealthy, truly successful, and you're probably not in it.
Take a look at C-Level executives and how small a pool those really are coming from sometime.
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#3Perhaps in this case educational background is a proxy for "family's connectedness to network of influential/rich people." It's much easier to get your foot in the door when your pops can make a call to have someone open it.
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#4SV is definitely a Meritocracy though right guys??
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#5SV is definitely a Meritocracy though right guys??
Absolutely. I'm sure a place that hell-bent on equality and fairness would never allow themselves to be hypocrites by not practicing what they preach. /sarcasm.
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#6SV is definitely a Meritocracy though right guys??
Maybe not SV, but being an economic migrant who currently works as an independent contractor with a foreign company, I'd want to say that at least in my and my peer experiences, it's far easier to traverse the cast system in an upwardly manner when working in the tech sector than in most other sectors. Of course, knowing people will always be beneficial, as in any situation in life, but for instance in Marketing, you either know someone or have an exceptional portfolio, or you've got the exceptional experience that means that people know you.
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#7SV is definitely a Meritocracy though right guys??
Are you implying this shows that silicon valley is not a meritocracy?
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#8Can we replace this with the original source please: https://blog.usejournal.com/where-did-you-go-to-school-bde54...
The current post doesn't add anything above that.
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#9SV is definitely a Meritocracy though right guys??
More than any other industry in america