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I'm a tall white dude who's a lowly individual contributor and people have asked if I own the company.

• anon291 3y ago
  I'm a tall brown man and people have asked me that too. In general, im quite social and extroverted and have gotten every job I've interviewed for. Even managed to get a job as a strategy consultant at bain and company despite realistically having no credentials. Sweet talking is a skill that crosses boundaries of melanin. Some white people have this weird habit of assuming that good things happen because of their magical skin color. It's insufferable honestly. No one cares if you're a white guy who thinks he's so attractive / devilishly charming that people fawn over him. Lots of people have that experience. Goodness the self-aggrandizement knows no bounds
  • silverquiet 3y ago
    You seem to have made quite a lot of assumptions about me.
    • anon291 3y ago
      You seem to make many assumptions of the people that are confused as to your role in the company.
      • silverquiet 3y ago
        Actually I'm the one who's often confused - I've been told I "look like a tech company CEO" and I don't really know what that means. I can measure the objective stuff like height and skin color to come up with something, but at the end of the day I don't really know what a tech CEO is "supposed" to look like. The actual CEO of the tech company I work for is a Hispanic grandma, which I suspect is not the stereotype. If people knew I lived with my parents, they would probably stop thinking I'm much of a leader lol.