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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by southphillyman on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:30PM (#20771030)
It's also a way to flex. Same way people tend to wear alumni sweaters from Ivy League, Stanford level schools. I doubt you'd see anyone wearing an Infosys (or similarly viewed company) shirt in that kind of environment.
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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by mandevil on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:39PM (#20771638)
Right, but no matter what your past is, you are still at $currentCompany, not $prevCompany, so in that most important of ways you are exactly the same as all these other people you are trying to flex on. Why would I care that you used to get paychecks from a more prestigious company if yours are signed by the same guy as me now?
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