I enjoyed this article, and I’m sorry for focusing on such a small thing, but can anyone explain the need to signal having attended Recurse Centre at the end?

> Thank you to everyone who provided valuable feedback on earlier drafts of this post, many of whom are Recursers.

I’ve noticed a few instances of people really drawing attention to having attended, and it always seems a bit awkward to me. Like, if I attended Cambridge and put “thanks to those who reviewed this most, many of whom are fellow Cambridge grads”, it would certainly come across as fairly pompous. I really don’t mean to put down the author, I just don’t understand the motivation for this kind of thing if not to boast, or signal some kind of social status.

Are alumni encouraged to advertise RC wherever possible? Or is it really that life-changing that everyone who’s been wants to share it with the world?