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Interesting. I wonder what opportunities blogging has given him.

• matt_s 9y ago
  This is also a question I have. I'll often find comments everywhere that when applying for tech jobs, having a relevant blog is of little value, hardly looked at. If the goal of your blog is purely to establish yourself as some authority on topic(s), do you then have to build audience numbers like he has? Is it common for a lot of people doing this to also do talks at conferences, etc? If your goal is to monetize the blog, then I think his points matter. Titles matter, attracting readers matter, establishing an email list matters. However if you just want to share opinions and ideas or work you did I don't think a lot of his points matter.
  • hkon 9y ago
    yes I have seen some who have progressed into publishing books based around some particular interesting topics they wrote about on their blog. But I am curious to know if some less obvious benefits come from blogging. I could imagine that you could get more of the spontaneous oportunities from speaking at conferences because of the in-person interaction after/during your session. But from blogging, the long tail might be what is really valuable. Blogging for ten years for instance, at least you have ten years of stuff online to your name. Has to be worth something.