> They tend to carry baggage from the past. This comes in various flavors, such as biases one has regarding the path of their careers, their interpersonal relationships (social and official), technology choices etc.
this happens as soon as you switch positions or companies - even as early as your twenties.
For example, think of all the people who share their learnings (at work, on Medium, etc) about “this is how we did X at [unicorn company].”
It may be that we are more biased to opinions of people who are similar to us, and dismiss the opinions of those who don’t fit our demographic.
yup, bias is acquired as soon as you start working. against everything you don't know. then, as you learn different ways in your next job your bias will (hopefully) be challenged and you'll slowly get rid of it.
this happens as soon as you switch positions or companies - even as early as your twenties.
For example, think of all the people who share their learnings (at work, on Medium, etc) about “this is how we did X at [unicorn company].”
It may be that we are more biased to opinions of people who are similar to us, and dismiss the opinions of those who don’t fit our demographic.