I’m 25 and have had my AOL email since before I was born, set up by my parents. In the late 90’s and early 00’s every now and then they would send a few photos to it perhaps with an accompanying story of anything that they’d want me to remember. I then used it as my main email and have continued to till this day.
During a job interview today I was told I was great fit but they weren’t sure about my email address!
Apparently they can tell a lot about a person just from the fact they have an AOL email address in 2023.
Has anyone else had something similar, is it actually a big deal?
OMG you applied for a real grownup job in 2023 with an aol email address?
WHY?
Yes indeed people judge you on email address. I’m not going to argue that this is rational or logical; it isn’t. But you sort of have to go with the flow. I don’t think people with silly email addresses is a protected class at this point, so you can’t fight that particular discrimination. Prejudice. Get a gmail address. It’s excellent and neutral. Keep the other one if you like. You can set up gmail to suck up mail from the other account and put it in your gmail flow. Problem solved! Good luck!