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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is thread is funny.

Microsoft just got an Asian CEO. Satya Nadella, ever heard of him?

What does he have in common with PepsiCo, Deutsche Bank, Mastercard CEOs? You guessed it, they are Asians![/quote]

You left out the fact that Bill Gates was replaced by senior tech executive, John W. Thompson, as Chairman of Microsoft.  Mr. Thompson is African American.  [/quote]

Exactly!

But don't let OP know. S/he might commit suicide.[/quote]

This is OP. I just came back on to the forum and read all the comments. To the posters who said that the thread is started by white insecure person, please let me clarify.

I am a first generation Asian myself working my butt off in a corporate world (to be more specific- Indian). I am very proud of the achievements of Satya Nadella and other Asians making their mark in corporate world.

I started the thread in part due to the frustration of working in corporate world with a double walled glass ceiling. No matter how much better I am at my work, I have to work 2 to 3 times harder to get the same recognition. I push my kids to excel in everything they do and that includes academics as well as extracurricular activities because I know that the road is going to be equally hard for them. Then I hear whining and complaining about being a tiger mom. Is this insecurity or what?[/quote]

Yes, OP, you and your children will always have to work twice as hard and be 2-3 times better than their counterparts to get ahead.  This is a fact of life as an Asian/S.Asian in America.

I know we were always taught that all you have to do is work hard and you WILL get ahead, but this was our parents' idealized dream of America. They worked hard and accomplished a lot, but most did not expect to accomplish CEO or high rank corporate positions.  They excelled in the ways they could.  BUT, they thought that we would not have as hard of time as they did.  They believed we are Americans, we will not have the language and cultural barriers they had, that we would be more readily accepted in society.

So, yes, it can be a bit of a shock to be all grown up and having done everything we were taught we were supposed to do to succeed and to see that the path is muddled with our own similar struggles.  No need to feel insecure, just time to adjust the lenses.

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