Posted by Tamar on July 12, 2005, at 17:51:52
In reply to Always having to deal with people much above me!!, posted by pinkeye on July 12, 2005, at 17:10:10
Well, maybe it would help to focus on this:
> I am right now in one of the Top most companies in the world
and remember that you got there on your own merits. Perhaps you don't have a degree from an Ivy League university, and perhaps you don't have a PhD and a super-rich family. But whatever your background you got that job. You deserve to be there because you're clever and skilled enough to do the job.
That surely counts in your favour because you didn't have the advantages many of your colleagues have enjoyed. It says a lot for you that you were able to break into such a prestigious company.
It can be hard dealing with people who come from advantaged backgrounds. But most people whose opinions are worthwhile are people who will admire you for your skills and the quality of your work and won't look down on you because of your different background.
And not only that, they might actually consider your different perspective an advantage to the company. Any enterprise needs a range of perspectives in order to be successful.
You deserve to be in that job. Possibly more than some of your colleagues because you have had to work harder to get there, because you are a woman and from India and from a completely different culture.
Some of the people in your life might seem intimidating, but they put on their pants one leg at a time, just like everyone else. You hold your head high, pinkeye.
Tamar
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