fromBusiness Insider
3 days agoI called myself 'James' on my resume and finally got a job. Here's why I've started using my birth name again at work.
My parents named me Mwangi after my grandfather, James Mwangi Wanjau. I grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, and Mwangi is a very common name within my tribe, the Kikuyu. In 2016, at age 19, I moved from Kenya to western Canada to study, graduating with a degree in mathematics. I felt like an outsider. My name stood out: I often had to repeat it, and people struggled to remember it.
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