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your online presence paints you as crazy, especially your twitter. your personal website would make me avoid hiring you for sure too. take all that crap down a

your online presence paints you as crazy, especially your twitter. your personal website would make me avoid hiring you for sure too. take all that crap down and send some resumes out in a different part of the country. there's no sense killing yourself to make it in the bay area.

jorgesborges 7y ago
I'll step in quickly to say this is probably good advice, even if it's in the spirit of tough love. You described a feeling of destitution and no doubt that is being reflected in your online presence, and it may be best to refrain from tweeting until you feel in a better place mentally. I wish you the best of luck.
- Hydraulix989 7y ago
  Well put. I have some level of empathy/understanding for why he would feel compelled to write Tweets like that, given his personal situation. That said, there are _definitely_ a couple of tweets/photos I would STRONGLY suggest removing. The first thing prospective employers do is take a look at your social media.
Kye 7y ago
I don't think someone deserves to be destitute just because they have a fragile worldview and are sour at their poor prospects. Material security is a great way to deradicalize people and keep them from getting there in the first place.
- kelnos 7y ago
  I don't think the parent was suggesting the grandparent deserves to be destitute, but was offering some tough-love advice that might make him more hireable.
- roguecoder 7y ago
  No one deserves to be destitute, which is why we have a social safety net (and should have a stronger one). But as an employer, the danger of hiring someone who appears unstable is high: how will they treat their coworkers? What happens if they have a bad day right before a deadline? What if a customer criticizes them and their coping mechanisms break down? Some jobs specifically have structures in place to help people make those transitions: lots of structure, clear direction, very specific expectations, independent work, separating customer-facing and non-customer-facing roles, close oversight of interpersonal interactions. Fewer tech companies expect to provide that kind of transitional support and most aren't willing to put themselves in a position where they would have to. Painting a public persona that makes people want to work with you is the most basic of sales techniques. No one deserves to be destitute, but no one is guaranteed a high-paying tech job either.
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gisely 7y ago
I haven't found his twitter presence and feel a bit creepy trying to, but I think you are being pretty uncharitable. His personal website may not exactly sparkle, but I don't think it paints him as crazy and there many talented techies out there who have successful careers with an even less polished of a personal website. Let's not fool ourselves into believing that tough love is what everyone needs. Let's also not fall into the trap of believing that everyone who is struggling is struggling because of obvious mistakes they made. Bad luck that plays a much larger role in many people lives than you might imagine if you have lived comfortably.
- mercer 7y ago
  The twitter account is quite a bit 'crazier' than the personal website. EDIT: not that there's anything wrong with that per se.

jorgesborges 7y ago

I'll step in quickly to say this is probably good advice, even if it's in the spirit of tough love. You described a feeling of destitution and no doubt that is being reflected in your online presence, and it may be best to refrain from tweeting until you feel in a better place mentally. I wish you the best of luck.

Hydraulix989 7y ago
Well put. I have some level of empathy/understanding for why he would feel compelled to write Tweets like that, given his personal situation. That said, there are _definitely_ a couple of tweets/photos I would STRONGLY suggest removing. The first thing prospective employers do is take a look at your social media.

Kye 7y ago

I don't think someone deserves to be destitute just because they have a fragile worldview and are sour at their poor prospects. Material security is a great way to deradicalize people and keep them from getting there in the first place.

kelnos 7y ago
I don't think the parent was suggesting the grandparent deserves to be destitute, but was offering some tough-love advice that might make him more hireable.
roguecoder 7y ago
No one deserves to be destitute, which is why we have a social safety net (and should have a stronger one). But as an employer, the danger of hiring someone who appears unstable is high: how will they treat their coworkers? What happens if they have a bad day right before a deadline? What if a customer criticizes them and their coping mechanisms break down? Some jobs specifically have structures in place to help people make those transitions: lots of structure, clear direction, very specific expectations, independent work, separating customer-facing and non-customer-facing roles, close oversight of interpersonal interactions. Fewer tech companies expect to provide that kind of transitional support and most aren't willing to put themselves in a position where they would have to. Painting a public persona that makes people want to work with you is the most basic of sales techniques. No one deserves to be destitute, but no one is guaranteed a high-paying tech job either.
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gisely 7y ago

I haven't found his twitter presence and feel a bit creepy trying to, but I think you are being pretty uncharitable. His personal website may not exactly sparkle, but I don't think it paints him as crazy and there many talented techies out there who have successful careers with an even less polished of a personal website. Let's not fool ourselves into believing that tough love is what everyone needs. Let's also not fall into the trap of believing that everyone who is struggling is struggling because of obvious mistakes they made. Bad luck that plays a much larger role in many people lives than you might imagine if you have lived comfortably.

mercer 7y ago
The twitter account is quite a bit 'crazier' than the personal website. EDIT: not that there's anything wrong with that per se.