What do you think is better for your career: fu...
What do you think is better for your career: full name for professionalism or shorthand name for relationship building e.g Dave rather than David, Steve rather than Steven, Raj rather than Rajesh, American nickname over native born name
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other-emerald•6mo ago
depends on the context but I almost always go by my nickname/shorthand name
plain-purple•6mo ago
I don't know if that really makes a difference for career. I wouldn't say the difference between a Dave and David or Bill and William or even Raj and Rajeesh hurt your sense of professionalism. Personally, I use an English nickname to avoid "how do I prounounce your name I dont wanna get it wrong"
If your nickname for Andrew is Skip, then you probably want to stick to Andrew, otherwise the examples given I wouldn't say hurt you.
blank-aquamarine•6mo ago
Interesting answer, can you think of any context specifically? For example, for people n levels above you always use full name? For team members use shorthand?
other-emerald•6mo ago
impersonal relationships such as vendors or whatnot
that's when I use full name
coworkers, bosses, networking, etc - all shorthand
blank-aquamarine•6mo ago
Thanks. You guys both gave great answers at the same time lol
deep-jade•6mo ago
So you going by bladen or blade?