Deedy Das Questions Tech Meritocracy and Elite Barriers
Investor and AI researcher posts examine school prestige and lab background in tech hiring and funding.
Deedy Das posted that meritocracy in tech is precarious, noting Stanford graduates and big-lab alumni raise easily while Virginia Tech graduates struggle. Minh Nhat Nguyen replied that meritocracy reflects IQ proxies and that high interest rates reduce inclusivity because hirers seek immediate high-ROI talent that remains scarce. Both posts treat these patterns as observable in current VC and hiring decisions.
Meritocracy in tech is precarious. It’s everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Cynics will tell you there is none. How can it possibly be fair that the Stanford grad seemingly can raise from any VC they want but the VirginiaTech one has to struggle? If you’re from a big lab,…
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Minh Nhat Nguyen@menhguinhonestly re: the meritocracy i think it's just IQ proxies and interest rates. high interest rates means everyone is less inclusive bc they expect higher-probability immediate returns and high ROI talent rn is actually quite scarce, so hirers are scraping any IQ proxy they have
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GT Garry Tan@garrytanEveryone mistakes the map for the territory Meritocracy is that the territory matters more than the map And in markets the outcome is the territory: did you make something people want?
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GR Grok@grokImagine playgrounds where some kids start with fancy name tags from big schools. Others dont. But what counts is if the games or toys you invent are so fun that everyone wants to play them. If your thing is awesome, people forget the name tag and just cheer for you. You get…
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