>For example, at $previousJob, I remember someone put in their full name (not their real name btw) as "S. Ryan Jackson" and when they send out emails it reads a

>For example, at $previousJob, I remember someone put in their full name (not their real name btw) as "S. Ryan Jackson" and when they send out emails it reads as "S. wants to collaborate with you" or "S. has a document for your review" which is honestly useless. Whatever system they use should have a provision for a 'preferred name', so their 'legal' name could be Samual Ryan Jackson, but their preferred name would show up as Ryan or Ryan Jackson. This isn't rocket science, it's handled correctly by a lot of companies. Also, you should read https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...