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Stop worrying about stuff out of your control (height), start working on things in your control (attitude, preparation, work ethic, sociability). Ludicrous to think that any profession, other than maybe basketball, will be dictated by your height. 

 

Lifts cover the entire sole unlike heels so it's not as obvious. 2 inches is extremely common (and difficult to notice at first glance), 4 inches is definitely on the higher end for what is available. 

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As a fellow short king (5'8 or 9 depending on whether I wanna round on my Hinge profile) I've noticed that either I'm a good bit taller than the shorter guys in the office or the tall guys tower way over me.

Idk where I'm going with this, just think it's odd that like 5% of the guys are around 5'5" and then almost all the rest are 6 foot or above

 
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But are you taller on a relative basis when you lie down? 

 

As a tall person, I wish this was true.  I think its overblown to the point of being almost a myth.  I know there's studies but they're from a different time.  Also, much of the advantage to height is probably felt in the developmental years.  By the time someone is adult age, those effects have played out.  So I'm doubtful of the continuing advantages to height beyond that.

 

Just a little data, 6'2 is the 96th percentile for US men. So unless banking is literally only taking the top 4% of men, by height, then there will be people shorter than that. 

A few random data points that don't have any statistical significance: In my current office I'm only taller than one other guy in my office (of about 10) and I'm 5'10. At my old place I was taller than the CEO and COO, the latter of whom was easily at 5'6. I'm crushing it regardless of the height of my peers tho, so can you. 

 

I'm 5'10 on a good day and am taller than a solid 80% of the bankers at my bank. Most of them estimate my height to be 6'2 when it's nowhere close to that. Keep your chins up kings. Height overestimation is real and the average still is somewhere around 5'8 (same as anywhere else in the US)

 

short people tend to be very driven and bring a lot of business due to their napoleon complex, so being short is an advantage

 

Bruce Wasserstein literally looked like Danny Devito when he played the penguin in Batman. I had the unfortunate privilege of seeing him in a man-kini at his Hamptons house. Not a pretty sight - sick house though and a nice guy. My buddy was dating his daughter. 

 

I never understood the height thing. If you step outside the Reddit bubble into real life, you see how little it seems to matter. Tbh if you are taller than 6'4 and not playing basketball it's kind of an L - most things in life are built for average height men so a lot of situations are uncomfortable, you tend to have back/spine problems, and lower lifespan as well. Unless you're like 5'2, I've seen what matters more (as cheesy as it is) is confidence and the way someone carries themselves. I have friends that are like 5'6 that can command a room just because of their insane charisma - it's like they have a gravitational force field. On the flipside, there are a ton of tall, awkwardly lanky shy dudes that will be stuck in some back-office job commanding 0 respect.

 
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I never understood the height thing. If you step outside the Reddit bubble into real life, you see how little it seems to matter. Tbh if you are taller than 6'4 and not playing basketball it's kind of an L - most things in life are built for average height men so a lot of situations are uncomfortable, you tend to have back/spine problems, and lower lifespan as well. Unless you're like 5'2, I've seen what matters more (as cheesy as it is) is confidence and the way someone carries themselves. I have friends that are like 5'6 that can command a room just because of their insane charisma - it's like they have a gravitational force field. On the flipside, there are a ton of tall, awkwardly lanky shy dudes that will be stuck in some back-office job commanding 0 respect.

This. I’m 6’2 and flying outside of first class sucks. I struggle to drive smaller cars. Most of the world seems to be designed for and by shorter people. My dad was 6’5 and ran into even more problems like buying suits, shoes, etc. 

 

I get into arguments with people all the time over this. It's crazy how many kids out here think their life is over because they never hit 6ft. I think the internet allows people to exaggerate certain things. If you look on the internet, anyone under 6ft. isn't considered human, women won't date them, and they can't get leadership positions. If you go outside, you see 5'7" men with girlfriends and families all the time. Jeff Bezos is 5'7". Most famous rappers are less than 6ft. Justin Bieber is 5'9". Let the internet tell it he couldn't get a girlfriend if his life depended on it because of his height. Isn't Tom Cruise like 5'7" or something, and he's considered an international sex symbol? Mayweather is like 5'7" or 5'8," and he has all these women giving him baths on Instagram. Zuckerberg, Gates, Buffett, and Dorsey are all shorter than 6ft. Kevin Hart made a whole career about his height at 5'2". Jocko and Joe Rogan are like 5'6" or 5'7" or something. I bet if Jocko had wanted to become a banker after the SEALs, he would have made MD pretty fast, and no one would treat him like he's a pussy. If you walk out into the world defeated over things you cannot change, then people will pick up on that energy, and your height negatively affecting you will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Yeah, some people will mistreat short people, but those same people probably mistreat servers, are rude to their mothers, don't consider Cornell a real Ivy, and they don't like anyone that did not go to an Ivy. I'm trying to say that they're probably people you wouldn't want near you anyway. If a company is treating you poorly because of your height, leave, but it's probably not your height holding you back.

Just be a badass and take control of everything in your control, and you will have a good life. If you go up to a girl and be like, "You'll probably say no because I'm not 6ft, but will you go out with me?" of course, she's not going to take you seriously. If you can't look your MD or anyone in the eye because you're shorter than them, and YOU think you're less of a human being then, of course, they're going to stick you in the corner until you quit.

 

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