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You should try different names and titles for the assistant as well: - Instead of Alex, what about Sarah (?)? - Instead of a standard name, what about a noble
by oskarth 14y ago
You should try different names and titles for the assistant as well:
- Instead of Alex, what about Sarah (?)?
- Instead of a standard name, what about a noble rank / recognizable surname (+?)?
- Instead of CEO assistant, what about personal assistant (-?), accountant (+?), future candidate of CEO (+?)
What about varying the person(s) involved depending on the type of project? If it's a issue of numbers, involve some accountant. If it's about coding, involve a senior coder, if it's about direction of the company, involve a imaginary future board member. The possibilites are endless - just make sure you don't get caught lest you want people to think you have some kind of disorder.
Just the idea of having someone else looking over your shoulder could increase the conscientiousness a lot and keep people on their toes. If this got to become the mainstream way of doing things in some subcommunity it would be horrible though.
- gaius 14y agoAlex is a good name for this, as it's gender-nonspecific. I tend to assume Alex's are female unless I know otherwise (like Lesley's or Hillary's).
- caw 14y agoI wonder what the M:F ratio of the name "Alex" is. I agree that it's not really gender specific, but I only know 1 "Alexandria", and she doesn't go by "Alex". This could be a function of my university (70:30 M:F), or it could be generational (I'm in my 20's). As a result, I tend to default to male. Perhaps different demographics respond better to different names, based on their preconceived notions of class and status. Does a really exotic name change anything?
- oskarth 14y agoRight, didn't think of that. Here in Sweden Alex is just shorthand for Alexander (which means something like "defender of the men"). The female version here is either Alexandra or Alexis.
- chris123 14y agoChris if another option in the gender-nonspecific department.