It’s good that few perceive reputational effects to be negative, but this strikes me as one question that is in many/most cases impossible to self-evaluate. One can never know about an opportunity not presented due to prejudice or reputation, and often even when an opportunity does present itself, it can be hard to know what factors were decisive.
I agree that sometimes you won’t know whether people think positively or negatively of something (particularly if we’re thinking about individual interactions). But I think very often people will have a good sense of this (particularly if we’re thinking about the aggregate effect), and often people will be quite explicit about this.
It’s good that few perceive reputational effects to be negative, but this strikes me as one question that is in many/most cases impossible to self-evaluate. One can never know about an opportunity not presented due to prejudice or reputation, and often even when an opportunity does present itself, it can be hard to know what factors were decisive.
I agree that sometimes you won’t know whether people think positively or negatively of something (particularly if we’re thinking about individual interactions). But I think very often people will have a good sense of this (particularly if we’re thinking about the aggregate effect), and often people will be quite explicit about this.