I'm at odds with some of traits of modern hiring in tech that are mentioned in this article. Specifically the point about having an online profile. A few years

I'm at odds with some of traits of modern hiring in tech that are mentioned in this article. Specifically the point about having an online profile. A few years back, I deleted all of my social media accounts except for LinkedIn. Outside of my personal blog, (which I started this year to maintain some sort of online presence and to learn how to write) I don't have a very visible online profile. The problem is, I'm not sure I want to be visible for the sake of privacy and security. It seems more and more, private sector employers want you to be a rockstar blogger, conference speaker, have many open source contributions, side projects and leetcode/hankerrank profiles. In my recent experience, trying to go from an IGO contractor to a private sector startup employee has been somewhat difficult due to the emphasis on intangibles that aren't related programming skill or domain specific knowledge. It doesn't seem right to give all our professional data to LinkedIn nor does it seem right to exclude job candidates for not having a profile. The same can be said for having a profile that is tumultuous. The best hiring process I've been through also turned out to be the best job I've had. It was conversation with a very tight-knit Perl shop where they asked me to review a piece of their code, at the time I didn't know much Perl so I had ask a lot of questions about what this and that did. It turned into a 2 hour conversation which lead to an offer on the spot. On the other hand, I went spent close to 15 hours going through interviews with non-FAANG company offered me a 1/3 of what I make now.