College friend is depressed because he thinks he's a FANG diversity hire
My friend recently graduated from a CS program at a low-ranked US university and was hired into FANG as an SDE. After hearing stories about how difficult it is to get into FANG in general, let alone as a minority from a non-target school, he feels that they only hired him because he is black, and believes his skills are subpar to that of other college hires.
He feels lost and undeserving of this opportunity - he doesn't want to be a D&I poster boy. I told him it's normal to have imposter syndrome when you're hired into a major company like that, and if he was truly lacking in skill they wouldn't have hired him. And besides, he shouldn't give a shit about how he was hired - all that matters is he uses his opportunity wisely to benefit from it.
Thoughts?
comments
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