Rachel Feintzeig
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1,709 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2019
last heard Nov 2024
Rachel Feintzeig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And when we swap our job titles, we're really, like, trying to say something about how busy we are, how important we are, how valuable we are.
Yeah, it's definitely still OK to ask.
I think the idea behind the column was just what do we gain if maybe we don't ask right away?
What are other ways that we can kind of connect with and relate to people afterwards?
And if you happen to be someone who doesn't want to lead with your professional self, how can you field that question?
Because inevitably, people are going to keep asking it.
Yeah.
And yet those are the people we want to talk to about their jobs, right?
That sounds way more fun than like the accountant.
Yeah, definitely.
And I talked to one guy who said he kind of makes a joke out of it.
People ask him what he does, and he'll say that he makes the little mini umbrellas that go in drinks.
And they'll be like, really?
And he'll be like, no, not really.
But it just kind of, honestly, like a joke can just kind of lighten the moment, I think, and kind of disrupt those rote patterns of conversations, those scripts that we all devolve into.
You can also just kind of lead with your hobbies, your family, other parts of your life, and then add as a kind of last final beat, an afterthought almost.
In my day job, I or the way I make a living is.
And you're kind of throwing it in there at the end and taking some of the focus off of that.
And then one last tip is to talk about what industry you're in, what you actually do, but not focus as much on your title or the company you work for.
And the idea there is that.
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