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> No him/her.

Uh. What?



You aren't ready to get that job until you've truly accepted your role as a genderless machine that turns salary into personal validation for the hiring manager.


As in don't put your pronouns on your CV. Rightly or wrongly this is associated with having a tendency to mix politics with work.


That would be "wrongly"


I think he means don't be trans. Fits with the rest of the rant.


I guess the author meant, no pointing fingers or throwing people under the bus.


they/their


Pronouns




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