I am contemplating adopting an American-friendly alias. The motivation is simple. I took up the advice given by Steven Levitt. This is what he said:
"When I have Asian Ph.D. students go on the job market in the United States, I tell them that I think there is rampant discrimination against non-English speakers and encourage them to adopt Americanized first names for the job market."
I will do whatever I can to improve my chance of getting a decent job and you don't just ignore the advice from someone who is well known in the trade and willing to give you the fair assessment of the situation. So, how does Jay sound?
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1 comment:
Jay sounds too street, my biased opinion is if you want to be taken seriously, pick something more respectable.
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