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I have the opposite problem, I share the name with someone else working in the tech field who is academically and professionally my senior. I frequently get em

by Matty1992 7y ago

I have the opposite problem, I share the name with someone else working in the tech field who is academically and professionally my senior. I frequently get emails and phone calls from recruiters offering positions with a salary up to 200k more than I'm expecting at my level because they think I teach at Stanford

thirdsun 7y ago
Did you ever try to bullshit your way into one of these positions? Obviously it's a bad idea, but I'm only half joking since it might be an interesting experiment to see how people rate and value you if their mind may have already been made up.
- lugg 7y ago
  Why is that a bad idea? If you can pass the interview stages and the only difference is perception then I say go for it.
  - Phenix88be 7y ago
    Stealing someone identity is, by definition, a bad idea.
    - klntsky 7y ago
      > is, by definition, a bad idea. So what is the definition? This is certainly legal.
  - asdff 7y ago
    "So tell me about your time lecturing at Stanford" "Well you see uhh thats not me but uhh..." "I think we are done here." And you've just burned a massive bridge.
    - Matty1992 7y ago
      Haha I think theyd clock I wasnt the guy they thought I was when a tattood kid in his 20s walked in the door
- comprev 7y ago
  On a similar note, there was a TV series about faking it. (https://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/episode-guide https://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/episode-guide)
- Matty1992 7y ago
  I taken a few phone interviews without realizing that they had the wrong guy. It's never turned into an awkward situation just yet but its also never gotten further than that.
ben_w 7y ago
I have a more minor issue, in that my mum once mistook a SciFi/horror film director for me, because of his website. I also share a name with a Victorian era author. As I’m now writing a novel, I’m going to have to publish with a pen name.
- boomlinde 7y ago
  Perfect opportunity to add a mysterious initial. Ben Ÿ. W...
  - ben_w 7y ago
    If I do that, I’m adding non-latin characters. B. 狐. Я. W. (I don’t except a publisher would let me do that).
- awj 7y ago
  People accuse me of playing Baseball, Football, and Guitar for the band TOOL.
zerr 7y ago
You're undervaluing yourself.
- Matty1992 7y ago
  I'm 26
  - zerr 7y ago
    Doesn't matter, it's not an army.

thirdsun 7y ago

Did you ever try to bullshit your way into one of these positions? Obviously it's a bad idea, but I'm only half joking since it might be an interesting experiment to see how people rate and value you if their mind may have already been made up.

lugg 7y ago
Why is that a bad idea? If you can pass the interview stages and the only difference is perception then I say go for it.
- Phenix88be 7y ago
  Stealing someone identity is, by definition, a bad idea.
  - klntsky 7y ago
    > is, by definition, a bad idea. So what is the definition? This is certainly legal.
- asdff 7y ago
  "So tell me about your time lecturing at Stanford" "Well you see uhh thats not me but uhh..." "I think we are done here." And you've just burned a massive bridge.
  - Matty1992 7y ago
    Haha I think theyd clock I wasnt the guy they thought I was when a tattood kid in his 20s walked in the door
comprev 7y ago
On a similar note, there was a TV series about faking it. (https://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/episode-guide https://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/episode-guide)
Matty1992 7y ago
I taken a few phone interviews without realizing that they had the wrong guy. It's never turned into an awkward situation just yet but its also never gotten further than that.

ben_w 7y ago

I have a more minor issue, in that my mum once mistook a SciFi/horror film director for me, because of his website. I also share a name with a Victorian era author. As I’m now writing a novel, I’m going to have to publish with a pen name.

boomlinde 7y ago
Perfect opportunity to add a mysterious initial. Ben Ÿ. W...
- ben_w 7y ago
  If I do that, I’m adding non-latin characters. B. 狐. Я. W. (I don’t except a publisher would let me do that).
awj 7y ago
People accuse me of playing Baseball, Football, and Guitar for the band TOOL.

zerr 7y ago

You're undervaluing yourself.

Matty1992 7y ago
I'm 26
- zerr 7y ago
  Doesn't matter, it's not an army.