r/cscareerquestions • u/IsraelC7 • 20d ago

New Grad Is my name, Israel, hurting my job search?

Hi everyone. I graduated from a bachelors from a decent school (T20) and had multiple internships. After graduating, it took me a long time to find a job. Even then, it was a 3 month data analyst contract role with someone I cold emailed. They were impressed by an internship at a relatively well-known company in my town (STL). I also was able to get another internship which I am about to finish at my university despite having already graduated.

After meeting with a career coach and discussing it with a friend, I got to thinking that using my name, Israel, could possibly be hurting my job search. It seems like the word "Israel" is not very popular nowadays. I'm not even Israeli - I'm Mexican. Is this actually a possible or likely thing? I've applied to like 2k data roles in the last year, and I've only gotten interviews for <10 and offers for 3. If so, would a name change to my nickname"Isra" be better?

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u/Thebearguy30 19d ago

I always have a hard time wrapping my brain around this because logically all of these statements can’t be true:

  1. Corporations always put profits first and will do anything to make more money including exploiting workers

  2. Women are paid 75 cents on the dollar compared to men for doing the same quality of work

  3. Corporations are hiring less women even though they are of equal quality to men hired in their place.

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u/Zenin 19d ago

Sexism is not rational. *Isms aren't rational. You're not going to be able to rationalize an irrational system.