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A comment on Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe as it is in the US??.

Re:Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe a... by bor100003 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:41AM (#25712415)
On every technical talk, there's at least one presenter bragging about previous experience at FAANG. No exceptions, always 1 slide.
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Re:Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe a... by jtsiskin on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:54AM (#25712961)
I don’t think it’s bragging; I think it’s to establish credibility (“ethos”)
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Re:Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe a... by mkr-hn on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:04AM (#25715987)
The line between establishing credibility and bragging is easy to cross even for someone who's trying not to cross it.
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Re:Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe a... by eivarv on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:30AM (#25730182)
The problem is that it doesn't really prove anything other than that the person managed to get hired by FAANG.
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Re:Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe a... by bor100003 on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:36AM (#25729298)
It's something that must be said, even if they did only a summer internship.
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