Well, a lot changed after Khan quit his job. “They used to talk very nicely,” he adds. “When I used to go to dinner parties and introduce myself to people, they used to be mighty impressed,” he recalls. The biggest pull for the then hedge fund analyst was his professional background and enviable educational pedigree: Bachelor of Science in math and computer science, and master of engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard. Until a year ago, Khan was courted by everybody during dinner parties and social gatherings. “It hit my fragile male ego very heavily,” he recounts.
The uncharitable comment was devastating. “One of them said, ‘Good thing that his wife is training to be a doctor’,” recalls Khan, who overheard the gossip. It was, however, their hushed conversation that cut like a knife.
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