Soumitra Shukla(@soumitrashukla9):1/13 Despite his wealth and polish, Jay Gatsby is dismissed in Fitzgerald's novel as "Mr. Nobody from Nowhere." Biographical origins can shape social evaluation even when credentials are strong. Yesterday at Oxford, I spoke about how a sense of who "fits" can be an important, yet biased, determinant of hiring at multinationals.

Soumitra Shukla

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Economist at The Burning Glass Institute @theBGInstitute. Thinking about AI, labor markets, and the future of work.

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Soumitra Shukla@soumitrashukla9

2026.08.27 23:40

1/13 Despite his wealth and polish, Jay Gatsby is dismissed in Fitzgerald's novel as "Mr. Nobody from Nowhere." Biographical origins can shape social evaluation even when credentials are strong. Yesterday at Oxford, I spoke about how a sense of who "fits" can be an important, yet biased, determinant of hiring at multinationals.