> Do an image search for the word “business” or “manager”, and what comes back? Nothing that remotely resembles business or managers. I would first have to kno

> Do an image search for the word “business” or “manager”, and what comes back? Nothing that remotely resembles business or managers. I would first have to know what my manager does before I could understand if there's resemblance. Joking aside, this article would've been a hit in the between time of IRC and Slack. Before then I only knew people by their handle or avatars. While I get the author's dislike for headshots, they have been a social norm for what feels like more than a decade now. Very rarely are people forced into these things. Executives and those who want to get ahead know that a high quality headshot is a differentiating factor. A leader who has an approachable headshot might rate better than a default avatar. Although the latter could be the better overall leader. Many things in my career took off after I focused on my personal brand including these cursed headshots. I wouldn't discount it like the author tries to do.