You know how when someone who went to Harvard undergrad has to say where they went to school and their voice gets like 2 tones lower when they say “I went to Harvard?” I notice the same thing with McKinsey alum who now work in industry when I interview with them lol

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“I went to a small school right outside of Boston”

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It happened again last week. “My boyfriend isn’t here because he’s in grad school on the east coast”.

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Honestly as someone who is low key and doesn’t enjoy much attention, it can be extremely awkward in social situations to mention McK or where I went to school, and some people do assume that you’re bragging when you’re simply mentioning a part of your life. A couple of weeks ago I was in a social situation with people from different jobs/walks of life - someone asked what I did, I said consulting, they asked what firm and when I said McK they literally went “oh wow aren’t you something?” - like how am I supposed to respond to that

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You say, “Damn right I am. Now where should I bill this conversation?”

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I once met someone at a party who would tell people she was in grad school because “medical school sounds like bragging”.

I told her “you’re in a room with a bunch of finance folks, Engineers, and Consultants. We will be impressed, but we won’t be rendered speechless”. Obviously, I did not go home with her that night.

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That’s where us consultants come in! Oh wait, we already did...

Some people don't like unnecessary attention. No need to pick on them for it

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I am not sure what OP said is wrong - it’s common sense.

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I've spent a sizable portion of my career in industry. By far the two consulting firms most bragged about are McKinsey and Deloitte. 🙄

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Not Accenture?

I get more annoyed when someone says "I went to Michigan. Go Blue!"

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I'm not even a Michigan rival...they're just annoying 🤪

That's funny because I notice that of Deloitte alum.

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No way I feel like Deloitters would stick their chests out like “I started out my career at Deloitte”

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So you are saying that people signal their status?

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These people don’t realize that it sounds even more ‘snobbish’ to do that.

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