Poll: who is worse? a Goldman person or McKinsey person

Just saw a long post on linkedin starting “Former McK BA here -“, so after I vomited from secondhand embarrassment, I pondered who is worse: Goldman or McKinsey “alum”?

we’ve all seen it. The “ex-McK” “ex-GS” in linkedin headers, overly eager “humbled to announce” posts, GS banker bags at your equinox, the obnoxious senior with a return offer, the “when I was at [insert Goldman or McKinsey] we looked at it like this-“

two rare, elite, shamelessly pretentious stratum of folk. Which is worse?

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