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The great displacement is already well underway?

(shawnfromportland.substack.com)
512 points JSLegendDev | 5 comments | 12 May 25 14:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.155s | 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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1. shawnfrompdx ◴[13 May 25 20:50 UTC] No.43977569[source]▶
I will probably begin doing this but i will say-- in the past it was not a hurdle at all, and i got many interviews and a few jobs with this name. I have had about 10 interviews in the last year, going to 4th rounds, and nobody suggested it was a problem. my ratio of landing interviews per applications i put in parallels what I am hearing/reading from all other developers on the job market now. I don't strongly suspect my one-letter last name is a huge culprit here, but after a year on the job search and willing to try anything, i may begin applying with a pseudonym
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2. _rpxpx ◴[14 May 25 08:45 UTC] No.43982329[source]▶
Also, haven't seen anyone mention this yet, but the most famous K is Josef K, of the 'The Trial'. Presumably that's why you chose it. But... you're hoisting a flag of dark cynicism. Reading your blog post, you have seemingly initiated a self-fulfilling prophecy. Getting out of your Kafka-esque nightmare could indeed start with changing your surname, at least informally.
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3. 0x1ceb00da ◴[14 May 25 10:22 UTC] No.43982841[source]▶
I dunno, maybe there's some resume processing program that is used by most companies and an update to it started rejecting your name? Doesn't hurt to try.
4. HeyLaughingBoy ◴[14 May 25 20:57 UTC] No.43989128[source]▶
Not any more. The most famous K is from Men In Black now.

https://meninblack.fandom.com/wiki/Agent_K

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5. _rpxpx ◴[15 May 25 08:24 UTC] No.43992975{3}[source]▶
"the most famous"