I Worked at LinkedIn for Years. People Still Tell Me My Success Is Just Because I’m “Hot”

The truth about pretty privilege at work and online. Beauty opens doors—and then makes it twice as hard to be taken seriously.

EXPERT OPINION BY ALICIA TELTZ, FOUNDER, THE HYPE DEPARTMENT

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When I started growing on LinkedIn, people offered me an explanation for my success: “You’re only growing because you’re pretty.” Sometimes it was “because........

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