Just got told I “don’t look like someone who’s worked in high finance.” What does that even mean? I’ve got the background, the credentials, and the results, but apparently not the image. Would you call that out?

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I would call that a crappy thing to say to somebody. I’ve had those comments and assume it’s because I’m a woman, but I have no idea what the intention or reasoning is. I dress appropriately, I talk professionally, but some people are just weird.

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Maybe do a ChatGPT. Put an image through of what a person who works in high finance should look like. And then change your wardrobe and personality to look like that?

And if you have a tattoo sleeve on both arms, 8 piercings, it may be time to cover them up until you’ve got that senior job position locked up?

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That comment says more about their insecurity than it does about your competency.

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