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The great displacement is already well underway?

(shawnfromportland.substack.com)
512 points JSLegendDev | 3 comments | 12 May 25 14:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.017s | source
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hackingonempty ◴[13 May 25 18:17 UTC] No.43975980[source]▶
I think your name is unduly handicapping you. Since it is only a single letter people reading your resume think you are being coy and trashing it.

On you resume, change your name to "Shawn Kay." Wait until you're doing HR paperwork to use your legal name.

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m0llusk ◴[13 May 25 19:34 UTC] No.43976744[source]▶
This is completely insane. Anyone filtering out qualified applicants based on their names is messing up.
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1. macintux ◴[13 May 25 19:47 UTC] No.43976884[source]▶
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/07/man-named-kim-a...
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2. sublimefire ◴[14 May 25 08:59 UTC] No.43982422[source]▶
This was an article about a dude adding Mr. in front of his name Kim in the CV to land a job.

This is insane but there is a lesson that even a small thing might affect your resume.

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3. HeyLaughingBoy ◴[14 May 25 21:05 UTC] No.43989209[source]▶
Not at all surprising. I used to work with someone whose first name could have been either male or female, so he always included his masculine middle name when signing email, etc.