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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by master-litty on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:19PM (#20770923)
I find it socially acceptable. It's quite normal to jump from one tech company to another, and wearing a t-shirt from a previous employer is an artifact of that lifestyle.

My hot take: I've always interpreted it as "street cred" thing. Getting a job at Google is difficult, for example, and wearing a t-shirt from your Google days could show intellectual pride.

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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:58PM (#20771294)
> I've always interpreted it as "street cred" thing. Getting a job at Google is difficult, for example, and wearing a t-shirt from your Google days could show intellectual pride.

Pride here isn't a good thing.

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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by master-litty on Thursday August 22, 2019 @04:43PM (#20772189)
To each their own. Pride in my decisions and my hard work is an important part of my self esteem.
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