I was contacted to interview with Google but didn&#x27;t b&#x2F;c I don&#x27;t want to live in California. Despite having a distinctly &quot;black&quot; sounding name, I&#x27;ve never had trouble finding work in IT or at all for that matter. I&#x27;m split b&#x2F;c on the one hand I know society is not meritocratic, but I don&#x27;t feel that I have personally been hamstrung by my race.