--- title: Winning the alphabetical race date: "2023-11-20T06:48:58Z" lastmod: "2023-11-20T06:48:59Z" categories: - funny wp_id: 3473 description: "A playful meditation on alphabetic luck asks whether anyone on LinkedIn can outrank a colleague named Aabhas in the lifelong race to be called first." keywords: ["alphabetical order", "names", "LinkedIn", "humor", "school", "recruitment"] --- ![Winning the alphabetical race](/blog/assets/alphabetical-race.webp) Since my name (Anand) begins with "A", I used to get called on fairly early at school. In attendance. Answering questions. Classroom exercises. Quizzes. Even the distribution of test results. A few people later told me that it is good training, since I'd always be prepared. (Maybe. I've no idea.) At IBM and IIMB, [Ajit](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajitkmr/) was the only one ahead of me, alphabetically. Then he went a step ahead and named his son Aadi. I thought that's impossible to beat. Today, we recruited [Aabhas Bharadwaj](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aabhas-bhardwaj/). I checked on LinkedIn. I can't find a **single** name on LinkedIn that's ahead of his, alphabetically. So, does he win the alphabetical race? Can you find one ahead of his? --- ## Comments - **[RK](https://mvark.blogspot.com)** _22 Nov 2023 8:58 pm_: :-) Interesting observation! I know two women from 2 different states of India who are named Aabha - **Jaspreet** _8 Mar 2024 8:58 pm_: Yes, Aabha was one of my friends in school! But, never thought of such knd of race...... interesting!