Does having a "good" name effect your career or business opportunities?

>Does having a "good" name effect your career or business opportunities?
Definitely. My last name is the same brand as a hard liquor and people automatically assume I'm some kind of badass when really I'm a total pussy who would run from a fight, run out of breath, and get the shit kicked out of me 11/10 times.

>pajeet
plenty of call backs from microsoft

Honestly your name is probably less important than knowing the difference between affect and effect

There is a Sukhdeep who works at my closest Carmax.

I lol'd a little when I saw it on the list of employees.

No shit.
>Vaguely Indian?
>HIRED!

Yes.
Ask Ramon Estevez (Martin Sheen)
Or Carlos Estevez (Charlie Sheen)
Or Emilio Estevez (who? Exactly. He dun goofed)
Ask Peter Hernandez (Bruno Mars)
Or Sean Carter (Jay-Z)
Or John Wayne (Marion Morrison)
Or Sean Combs (Puff Daddy, P Diddy)
Or Friedrich Trumpf (Later Fred Trump, Donald Trump's Grandad)
I could go on...

Authors, artists, actors, all do it, either to separate works (guys write romance under female names, girls write Sci-Fi under guys name, due to bias)
It can also help draw a line under your own persona.

I am soon planning to change my name because I hate it. I have a name that is popular in Ireland, due to Irish heritage, but people think is French (there is a Celtic tribal connection to Brittany in France, I believe) it's bad enough I have a mixed heritage, was born and live abroad.
I am way more successful than I was as a teenager and up until 30, and don't want to associate with the fuck-up I was, or be found by any of the losers I used to associate with.

Also, Joanne Rowling (JK Rowling) wanted her Harry Potter books to appeal to young boys, since the main character is a boy, so used a unisex name.

Eric Bishop (Jamie Foxx) experimented with various unisex names that sounded feminine (Toni, Marion, etc) when doing standup comedy, as he realized comedy clubs always had a shortage of female comics, but the bookings had no gender details or photos, just the name. He immediately got more bookings, based on nothing else, because there would be endless guys but only a handful of females.

It's more of a Norman thing, Mr. D.

I'd add Maurice Micklewhite to the list, also known as Michael Caine. Gives Marion Morrison a run for his money.

>It's more of a Norman thing, Mr. D.

Huh?

Also, I'll see your Michael Caine and raise you a Jerry Dorsey (Englebert Humperdick) but in this case he was going for effect, and a memorable name.