Being Black in a Silicon Valley Start-Up

[invalid]

Just for clarification, what is the hack he should have used?

That the interpersonal relationships that you cultivate with your peers is the primary currency to gainful employment and more importantly advancement.

Do you think this is true for government or just private businesses?

I can’t speak for government as I’ve never worked in that sector. I’m speaking specifically corporate culture.

 

[EBK String]

Tired of these stories...

Same type of “I just do my work and go home” people.

Who end up in the same type of predicament.

Without a job to do their work and go home to.

Have y’all not learned anything yet? nikka just found the hack to getting ahead and still fumbled the ball.

All of these stories seem like they are written by nikkas with buzzkill personalities. Like damn, lighten up.

so he is supposed to happily sniff coke and shuck and jive? you sound like a goddamn fool. All your squash playing and row boating is not going to save you either, you're still a nikka and expendable to cacs.

 

[invalid]

Do you think this is true if the company or agency was majority black too?

Even moreso. Black people are more cliquish(tribal).

Try getting a good job at a black comany in Atlanta not being a member of a BGLO and having gone to the AUC or Georgia Tech or an Ivy.

 

[invalid]

so he is supposed to happily sniff coke and shuck and jive? you sound like a goddamn fool. All your squash playing and row boating is not going to save you either, you're still a nikka and expendable to cacs.

Brother, finish your schooling. You’re not even qualified for this conversation yet.

 

[EBK String]

Brother, finish your schooling. You’re not even qualified for this conversation yet.

Black ppl are on average more gregarious and outgoing than other races, but those outgoing blacks get labeled as people who fukk off and dont do their work being social. No matter what your personality is it will be labeled as a negative because you are viewed through a racist lens. You Boule nikkas always try to lay the blame at the feet of black ppl.

 

[sfgiants]

Do you think this is true if the company or agency was majority black too?




Just for clarification, what is the hack he should have used?

Do you think this is true for government or just private businesses?

havjng worked for government I can 100% guarantee you that politics plays a huge Factor if not the the deciding one in shyt like promotion and pay raises. I personally saw ppl who would suck the managers asses get promoted quick, then about 3/4 ppl quit as a result and I left a year later.

 

[EBK String]

havjng worked for government I can 100% guarantee you that politics plays a huge Factor if not the the deciding one in shyt like promotion and pay raises. I personally saw ppl who would suck the managers asses get promoted quick, then about 3/4 ppl quit as a result and I left a year later.

bunch of incompetent people in positions they shouldnt be in. I would say it is even worst in the government.

 

[Auger]

Why put yourself in that situation in the first place knowing that you are incapable of navigating it?

Come on man, for some industries this will always be the norm. (Being the sole black person in a company)

Playing "the game", and playing it while being the only black person in a setting are two different experiences.

 

[sfgiants]

bunch of incompetent people in positions they shouldnt be in. I would say it is even worst in the government.

it is worst, because it’s impossible to get fired. In two diff places I worked I saw ppl cuss someone out straight screaming at the top of their lungs. Nothing happened. Another old fart got caught looking at guns and porn, nothing happened. Productivity and competence is WOAT working in government

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Dude better STFU do the coke drink the beer hang out occasionally and get that check

Halfway joking

 

[Food Mane]

If he's in sales nothing else matters except his numbers. You can be the biggest dikkhead in the office and if you have the best numbers you will move up.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Tired of these stories...

Same type of “I just do my work and go home” people.

Who end up in the same type of predicament.

Without a job to do their work and go home to.

Have y’all not learned anything yet? nikka just found the hack to getting ahead and still fumbled the ball.

All of these stories seem like they are written by nikkas with buzzkill personalities. Like damn, lighten up.

Gonna disagree. If these dudes worked with other fellow black colleagues then I'd understand. But whites, idk, I just don't feel all that comfortable.

Besides that, a lot of us hate working. Getting up 7am 5 days a week, having to dodge traffic 5 days a week, etc. You barely have time to do the things you want to do and office folks want you to hang out with them some more?

 

[darius19]

Gonna disagree. If these dudes worked with other fellow black colleagues then I'd understand. But whites, idk, I just don't feel all that comfortable.

Besides that, a lot of us hate working. Getting up 7am 5 days a week, having to dodge traffic 5 days a week, etc. You barely have time to do the things you want to do and office folks want you to hang out with them some more?

i don't feel comfortable around my white coworkers either. and nobody should be forced to do anything they dont want to do.

but, just keep in mind that when theres 1 promotion spot and you and a coworker are equally good, just as a person, they are likely going to go with whoever they like more. and if that happens to be Sally who comes out to happy hour and asks about your bosses kid's soccer practices and shyt, well, you can't really be mad at the game.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

i don't feel comfortable around my white coworkers either. and nobody should be forced to do anything they dont want to do.

but, just keep in mind that when theres 1 promotion spot and you and a coworker are equally good, just as a person, they are likely going to go with whoever they like more. and if that happens to be Sally who comes out to happy hour and asks about your bosses kid's soccer practices and shyt, well, you can't really be mad at the game.

I'm not trying to fight in the corporate world anyway. Most black dudes I run into tell me to start my own business which is something I want to do. Either that or get into passive income like Real Estate & Stocks. fukk that 9 to 5 bs.

Most importantly Do blacks even make it to the top of the ladder of these companies? I never hear of blacks dudes making CEO or having a seat at Chairman position. How many of us are making $150k - $200k without shuckn and jivin?

 

[invalid]

Black ppl are on average more gregarious and outgoing than other races,

in one of my classes we have to do a group project, and have to pick our groups. Of course people just get in groups with their friends, I'm the only nikka in class so I dont have friends and dont have a group. So I have to do work meant for 3 or 4 people alone. It's the same with study groups and jobs. I dont get the inside information that others are getting. Yet according to the coli I'm just a fukk up.