I notice that your name, like mine, is a psuedonym that's not trivially googlable. As long as the places where you connect it to your real name are not indexed

I notice that your name, like mine, is a psuedonym that's not trivially googlable. As long as the places where you connect it to your real name are not indexed in search engines, it's going to take actual work to connect it to you. I've used this name on the internet for well over a decade, but have only connected it to my real name by request, on private channels. We're probably not that far apart in our assessments of the disadvantages; the difference is likely that I'm confident my HN commenting will never be advantageous when seeking a job.