A buddy of mine is convinced that going to a top ranked school/working for a prestigious company will score him dozens of matches on dating apps. Like he tells me I should put on my hinge and tinder the company that I work for (an MBB) because it will help get me a lot of matches. He's trying to get into an ivy for a masters and one of the reasons is that he can "put that I went to _____ on my hinge profile."
Obviously this guy is ridiculous, but it made me curious- do good companies actually help in the dating scene? Like will a guy get more matches if he has "works for Bain and Company" on his hinge (as it's a signal of a relatively high income)? Will girls be more likely to go after a guy if he graduated from a top school like Columbia?
Edit: This is focused on people in big cities with a lot of white-collar/corporate workers like NYC, DC, SF, Boston, etc...
Your buddy doesn't sound like he gets laid very often.
Especially if he thinks randos he finds on something like Hinge even know or care what Bain is.
Literally nobody on dating apps knows what the fuck any of these "high finance" jobs are unless you're in a city like NYC, SF, BOS, etc. The idea anybody outside our industry gives a fuck is so cringe, but to be fair when I was a fresh grad I felt that it mattered for a few months.
He doesn't lmao
Top school: Yes
Top company: Depends. If you tell a random girl on the street you're a banker at Goldman Sachs, she will certainly be impressed. Consultant at Bain? Probably scratching her head. Maybe that's why consultants have such a chip on their shoulder.
It can only help.
I bet 90% won’t know, 5% won’t care and the other 5% think prestigious job == rich guy, which can’t hurt
OP - as others have said, respectfully your friend is completely wrong (I can say this as a 32yr old who has had a good decade plus of regular dating).
In my experience, of course a lot of girls will be impressed if you sound like you have a good job, have your own apartment, nice car etc. But I guarantee you 99% of girls will not care whether you work at Bain or GS or in a Wells Fargo branch lol. Most people don’t even know what investment banking is.
Even my last two exes, whilst being very impressed with the fact I had a good career, my own place etc, barely knew the name of my company or what PE was - I’m sure they still think PE and banking/consulting are all basically the same. And my gf before last was a doctor - so these weren’t stupid/ditzy women either.
I mean think about doctors - if you meet a girl who is an MD, that is impressive enough by itself. Whether she works as a family doctor or is a top heart surgeon or works at the most prestigious oncology ward in the state - that’s all basically irrelevant (at least in my view). I just want a girl who is smart and driven - so basic doctor probably already meets that requirement. Equally most girls (even materialistic ones) usually want a guy who is hard working, good career etc - everything else is a bit irrelevant (they could want bad boys ofc, but then at that point you know 100% an MBB name isn’t going to help you!)
And going back to my doctor example above - most people know much more about how medicine works (or think they do) from all the tv shows and movies you see, eg what a surgeon does. Almost nobody outside the finance world knows much about the difference between a banker, a consultant and someone in PE (beyond perhaps just a vague understanding).
So yeah OP, good luck dating - but whatever luck you do have will be nothing to do with your employer’s “prestige” I can promise you!
School gives helpful context, but job is only relevant to girls in finance and I promise if they care about the company they’ll do their research and figure it out for themselves… just keep your LinkedIn public. If you’re relying on a specific company for dates, that is unfortunate and will probably land you a coffee chat
Looks obviously are what gets you in the door, but in the age 22-25 group school absolutely is a big boost from experience. Had a job at a name-brand bank (GS/MS/JPM)and I don't think that ever mattered once when I was using dating apps.
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