&gt;Its a prop for being low social status.<p>Its a prop for having a functioning brain. Other than the star wars and science fiction stuff (which I haven&#x27;t seen at any tech companies I&#x27;ve worked at here in the bay), the rest of the props indicate that you have a genuine intellectual interest in the field.<p>We don&#x27;t make fun of NASA for decorating their offices with space paraphernalia or claim it means a low social status. Frankly I&#x27;m not interested in people coming into this field who are stupid enough to think that people genuinely excited about what they do have a &quot;low social status&quot;.