In fact, in many ways, Kalanick wears the characterization
almost as a badge of honor — proof of his zeal and dedication to his mission: to drastically disrupt what he considers a very broken transportation system.
Not exact matches
One recent New York Times homage to the phenomenon compared dropping out to «lighting out for the territories to strike gold,» with one young executive describing it
as «
almost a
badge of honor» among startup entrepreneurs.
As a graduate student and postdoc, low wages were an expected and
almost perverse
badge of honor.
As an adult it's
almost a
badge of honor to be a bit
of an outsider.