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Dear god I hope not. I guess I am sheltered as an engineer? I would say no to anyone so fast if they asked for a Facebook or twitter account, and I never have h

Dear god I hope not. I guess I am sheltered as an engineer? I would say no to anyone so fast if they asked for a Facebook or twitter account, and I never have heard of this. Do you have sources on this being a prevalent practice? Have you been asked? Edit: unless you mean Linkedin or something like github as a social account?

warsharks 10y ago
no, its just a morning brainfart, the most ive had is someone mentioning in an interview that they couldnt find me online. it just struck me as something which may cause an issue, i too have made a point of never having had a social media account in my life, i was just wondering how recruiters and managers etc felt if they did their checks on only to find absolutely nothing
sillysaurus3 10y ago
unless you mean Linkedin or something like github as a social account? Those count, unfortunately. But I'm skeptical that a "github resume" matters much. LinkedIn seems to matter a lot more strictly for getting offers from recruiters, though.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
  > LinkedIn seems to matter a lot more strictly for getting offers from recruiters, though. One of the great reasons not to have a LinkedIn account. Those aren't offers any way. They're just shotgunned spam to users with > 10% keyword matches.
- sotojuan 10y ago
  > But I'm skeptical that a "github resume" matters much. It doesn't. I don't know why people on HN think it does, but in real life, most people I've worked with ave empty GitHub accounts.
  - toexitthedonut 10y ago
    I've had an interviewer suggest to me that I open a Github account, to improve my chances of getting an offer. After the interview was already over and was already rejected. But I already had an active Github account, and nobody ever asked me in the interview if I had one. So I was confused by the suggestion.

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Dear god I hope not. I guess I am sheltered as an engineer? I would say no to anyone so fast if they asked for a Facebook or twitter account, and I never have h

by mattnewton 10y ago

warsharks 10y ago
no, its just a morning brainfart, the most ive had is someone mentioning in an interview that they couldnt find me online. it just struck me as something which may cause an issue, i too have made a point of never having had a social media account in my life, i was just wondering how recruiters and managers etc felt if they did their checks on only to find absolutely nothing
sillysaurus3 10y ago
unless you mean Linkedin or something like github as a social account? Those count, unfortunately. But I'm skeptical that a "github resume" matters much. LinkedIn seems to matter a lot more strictly for getting offers from recruiters, though.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago
  > LinkedIn seems to matter a lot more strictly for getting offers from recruiters, though. One of the great reasons not to have a LinkedIn account. Those aren't offers any way. They're just shotgunned spam to users with > 10% keyword matches.
- sotojuan 10y ago
  > But I'm skeptical that a "github resume" matters much. It doesn't. I don't know why people on HN think it does, but in real life, most people I've worked with ave empty GitHub accounts.
  - toexitthedonut 10y ago
    I've had an interviewer suggest to me that I open a Github account, to improve my chances of getting an offer. After the interview was already over and was already rejected. But I already had an active Github account, and nobody ever asked me in the interview if I had one. So I was confused by the suggestion.