There was a similar post a few days ago where someone did this but instead of changing their name they changed their gender (female names got significantly more responses). That post got flagged and this post is in the frontpage. Interesting.
PhD gets 5x increase in postdoc interview invitations by just changing his name
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That sounds an awful lot like racism to me
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#43There was a similar post a few days ago where someone did this but instead of changing their name they changed their gender (female names got significantly more responses). That post got flagged and this post is in the frontpage. Interesting.
Any chance you can find the link to the dead post? I am curious to see it.
Can't find the hackernews post (probably got removed) but it was a link to this reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/xcrv6k/i_sent_1...
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Completely agree, they really could be anything. What if they are a jelly-fish like creature that only communicates through touch?.
I wouldn't even know where to begin having a conversation with such a thing.
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#46There was a similar post a few days ago where someone did this but instead of changing their name they changed their gender (female names got significantly more responses). That post got flagged and this post is in the frontpage. Interesting.
The post referenced: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32880510 As the comments show, the submission had other issues.
This is not the post I was referencing. It was a link to this reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/xcrv6k/i_sent_1...
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At the stage of shortlisting for the interview, a lot of people don't actually go out and check the paper, they just register it is published in a good journal, they might do a deep dive when preparing for the interview if at all. Especially in a field like plant biology, papers probably have many authors, so even if you check the paper you might not pay attention to the author list (or he could have chosen a name th…
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He only changed his name, not his education history.
Please don't try to justify discrimination based on color or national origin. It is, in fact, against the law.
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#48A lot of people are debating if this post is legit. I can't make any definite statements, but an 87% response rate for any job application is extremely high.
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#49Cynical question: are there 200+ post doc positions for someone to apply to at one point where their experience and publications are actually relevant? How many positions is "on the differentiation of the leaf morpho-physiological traits between native and non-native plants on a Mediterranean island (Mallorca)" actually relevant to?
Great point. This is exactly why no one should use their native names in job applications.
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Dang! That’s interesting. Just give this post time.
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> Is it still racist? Or is it just unfair stereotyping?
Many stereotypes are based on reality. But just because X population is Y% more likely to do Z, doesn't make it fair to extrapolate this to individuals, and doesn't make it less racist.