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Ask HN: Do you have a personal website?

17 points by jonathancai 6y ago

If yes, please comment the URL :) Second, does it matter to recruiters/hiring managers? (Speaking mostly for junior SWE and college students like me.)

jonathancai11 6y ago
To give some explanation, for my next project, I am thinking about building a quick/easy guide for others to build their own personal website. But before I get there, I want to validate that this is something that would be actually bring value.
- extremelearning 6y ago
  Probably very relevant is the recent Ask HN thread relevant: "Do you have a personal blog?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24404704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24404704 where the people posting also comment on where they host it and why. ;)
  - jonathancai11 6y ago
    Ah awesome! Thanks
el_dev_hell 6y ago
> Ask HN: Do you have a personal website? Sure do. It's a basic blog and my contact details. > Second, does it matter to recruiters/hiring managers? (Speaking mostly for junior SWE and college students like me.) It's not critical, but you should get your full name if possible (BobbyRaySmith.com). I track direct hits when I'm job hunting and it's pretty common to get hits from specific cities after an application.
Jefro118 6y ago
Currently working on: https://emile-paffard-wray.profiled.app/ https://emile-paffard-wray.profiled.app/. Made with my very own https://profiled.app https://profiled.app
- jonathancai11 6y ago
  That's awesome! I shot you an email - I'm interested in how the project turned out
dyingkneepad 6y ago
I have and last updated it in 2012. I have no idea if anybody ever saw it. I interviewed many people and never once found someone's website on their CV. I didn't try to find personal websites for them, but I did type their names on ohloh.net and github.
eeegnu 6y ago
Building my own right now. I detest web development, but wanted a place where I can easily share things with many people with indefinite flexibility. I don't care about it so much as a resume, but I do plan to create some kind of resume 'about' page. I think it's vital to anyone who wants to do web dev, otherwise I don't think it matters so much for general software development.
HZ8V 6y ago
yes I do.. I am currently building it! here is a pre alpha, I just started so yeah its not very good https://fluffle.neocities.org/ https://fluffle.neocities.org/
brettkromkamp 6y ago
Yes, https://brettkromkamp.com/ https://brettkromkamp.com/. I’m not really on the job market but I somehow feel that if I was, my site would have little impact on getting hired.
lmarcos 6y ago
Yes. I just migrated my old website from GitHub pages+Jekyll to Netlify+Belbo. https://www.lessmarcos.com/ https://www.lessmarcos.com/
- animesh 6y ago
  Enjoyed your article on Parallel blogs. Interesting idea.
psyklic 6y ago
I highly recommend having one! Based on analytics, I know it has contributed to me getting all of my best job offers, from a PhD position to industry gigs. Interviewers have commented positively on the style (in my case "hackerish") and brought up some of the projects. Basically, it lets you control what people see when they Google search your name -- and it can give you a professional non-Gmail email too. Here is mine: http://danwilhelm.com http://danwilhelm.com (Unfortunately, I haven't updated it much since college!)
- aosaigh 6y ago
  > Basically, it lets you control what people see when they Google search your name I feel like this is such an overlooked reason for not only having a personal site, but having a LinkedIn, Github, Twitter etc. (even if you don't use them). If you work for yourself in any capacity it helps to try control your search page results.
seanwilson 6y ago
Mine is here: https://www.seanw.org https://www.seanw.org :)
toto444 6y ago
Mine is here : https://drdru.github.io/ https://drdru.github.io/ I am not on the job market but if I was I would use it to show how I am able to makes things simple, explain them to non technical people and focus on the essential.
fuzzygroup 6y ago
https://fuzzyblog.io/blog/ https://fuzzyblog.io/blog/ I don't know if it matters to recruiters but it matters a ton to me. I find that a personal web site gives a place for me to document what I know and that improves my work.
aljmyl 6y ago
Mine is here: https://xn--5ca.cc/ https://xn--5ca.cc/ I guess recruiting or hiring managers couldn't care less about my site.
adelowo 6y ago
Mine is at https://lanre.wtf https://lanre.wtf :)
urlaunched 6y ago
Mine is here: https://urlaunched.com https://urlaunched.com As for hiring manager, don't think it is too valuable. But it is not so difficult to build the one on Wix, Squarespace, or Tilda. So, if you are planning to have own blog and brand building it worth it.
slmjkdbtl 6y ago
hi mine is here, https://enemyspy.xyz/ https://enemyspy.xyz/ the games up there are almost all scratched projects and I don't know if the links will work, but i still like the icons i drew for them so still haven't took them off yet. try click the flower!
- jonathancai11 6y ago
  I really dig it :) flower animation is a neat touch. What did you use to build it btw?
  - slmjkdbtl 6y ago
    Thanks! Currently it's using mithril.js, but I am considering dropping it and use plain html cuz the page is so simple
bryan_cooper 6y ago
Yes, built in webflow: https://www.bryancooper.dev/ https://www.bryancooper.dev/
marshallford 6y ago
https://marshallford.me https://marshallford.me - Built with Hugo and deployed with Terraform to GCP Cloud Run
aayushagg28 6y ago
Yes, built on Wordpress - https://www.aayushaggarwal.com https://www.aayushaggarwal.com Looking for suggestion to improve
miguendes 6y ago
Yes, started a couple of weeks ago. I'm using hashnode but previously tried Hugo. I like hashnode better because it has a bunch of nice features and I still own the content. https://miguendes.me https://miguendes.me
SkyLinx 6y ago
I have been blogging at https://vitobotta.com https://vitobotta.com (hosted on my own blogging platform https://www.dynablogger.com https://www.dynablogger.com) since 2010 about web programming, DevOps and related topics. I've had many recruiters reach out to me about jobs over the years who found me via my blog. Much more than from LinkedIn I think. So yeah, a personal website which is relevant to your skills and career can help.
fractionalhare 6y ago
Yes: pseudorandom.com As far as I can tell, it has not mattered for hiring managers or recruiters. But I also don't really share it with them. It's not intended to be used for promotion. I'm only planning to write one or two articles a year.
retrofeel 6y ago
https://clippingpathindia.com https://clippingpathindia.com In my view, it did not matter at present in hire administrators or recruiters. Yes we've some commercial purposes. We share several articles related to our services. https://clippingpathindia.com/blogs/tips https://clippingpathindia.com/blogs/tips So we have a lot of content to receive from experts all year long!
pknerd 6y ago
Http://adnansiddiqi.me And http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me Both,esp blog helped to get job and gigs.
bhu1st 6y ago
http://bhupalsapkota.com.np/tech http://bhupalsapkota.com.np/tech Mostly collection of my past project works.
lukaszkups 6y ago
Yes, here: https://lukaszkups.net https://lukaszkups.net - I take down notes & practically everything I'm doing right now there. And for the second question: I think the answer is YES, because recruiters can see how passionate I am about the technology/industry I work on and what I do in my spare time (side projects!)
nicbou 6y ago
https://nicolasbouliane.com https://nicolasbouliane.com I think it does matter early in your career, but later on LinkedIn and GitHub suffice. I recently rebuilt my website to be simpler, and more personal. I don't need to look for work, so I don't need an online resume. I made room for the things I do outside of work instead.
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kusha 6y ago
Yes — it definitely helped me get my foot in the door in a couple of places https://kusha.me https://kusha.me Open source, hosted on GitHub pages
yesenadam 6y ago
http://www.adamponting.com/ http://www.adamponting.com/ I might show individual pages to people, but it covers diverse topics, (music, maths, art, writing, quotes, movies etc) whatever interests me, so.. I'd need a single-focus site/blog for a particular subject to use professionally. Or just linking to that area of the site would work, I guess.
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solution-finder 6y ago
Yes I do: https://akhan.me https://akhan.me The purpose of the website for me is a combo of few objectives: 1. Write/publish on Azure/Dynamics 365/Power Platform etc., 2. As my one pager profile with links to other side projects, ..above two is already happening, I’m going to work on below soon: 3. To serve as a repository of notes (some call it ‘digital garden’) where I publish excerpts of the best I read/watch and reflections on them 4. To host curations on the topics I’m interested in and on which I’ve collected the useful ways, tips and strategies from various books etc. Eg 1:1 meetings, Consultancy notes, Productivity tools etc

17 points by jonathancai 6y ago

If yes, please comment the URL :) Second, does it matter to recruiters/hiring managers? (Speaking mostly for junior SWE and college students like me.)

jonathancai11 6y ago

To give some explanation, for my next project, I am thinking about building a quick/easy guide for others to build their own personal website. But before I get there, I want to validate that this is something that would be actually bring value.

extremelearning 6y ago
Probably very relevant is the recent Ask HN thread relevant: "Do you have a personal blog?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24404704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24404704 where the people posting also comment on where they host it and why. ;)
- jonathancai11 6y ago
  Ah awesome! Thanks

el_dev_hell 6y ago

> Ask HN: Do you have a personal website? Sure do. It's a basic blog and my contact details. > Second, does it matter to recruiters/hiring managers? (Speaking mostly for junior SWE and college students like me.) It's not critical, but you should get your full name if possible (BobbyRaySmith.com). I track direct hits when I'm job hunting and it's pretty common to get hits from specific cities after an application.

Jefro118 6y ago

Currently working on: https://emile-paffard-wray.profiled.app/ https://emile-paffard-wray.profiled.app/. Made with my very own https://profiled.app https://profiled.app

jonathancai11 6y ago
That's awesome! I shot you an email - I'm interested in how the project turned out

dyingkneepad 6y ago

I have and last updated it in 2012. I have no idea if anybody ever saw it. I interviewed many people and never once found someone's website on their CV. I didn't try to find personal websites for them, but I did type their names on ohloh.net and github.

eeegnu 6y ago

Building my own right now. I detest web development, but wanted a place where I can easily share things with many people with indefinite flexibility. I don't care about it so much as a resume, but I do plan to create some kind of resume 'about' page. I think it's vital to anyone who wants to do web dev, otherwise I don't think it matters so much for general software development.

HZ8V 6y ago

yes I do.. I am currently building it! here is a pre alpha, I just started so yeah its not very good https://fluffle.neocities.org/ https://fluffle.neocities.org/

brettkromkamp 6y ago

Yes, https://brettkromkamp.com/ https://brettkromkamp.com/. I’m not really on the job market but I somehow feel that if I was, my site would have little impact on getting hired.

lmarcos 6y ago

Yes. I just migrated my old website from GitHub pages+Jekyll to Netlify+Belbo. https://www.lessmarcos.com/ https://www.lessmarcos.com/

animesh 6y ago
Enjoyed your article on Parallel blogs. Interesting idea.

psyklic 6y ago

I highly recommend having one! Based on analytics, I know it has contributed to me getting all of my best job offers, from a PhD position to industry gigs. Interviewers have commented positively on the style (in my case "hackerish") and brought up some of the projects. Basically, it lets you control what people see when they Google search your name -- and it can give you a professional non-Gmail email too. Here is mine: http://danwilhelm.com http://danwilhelm.com (Unfortunately, I haven't updated it much since college!)

aosaigh 6y ago
> Basically, it lets you control what people see when they Google search your name I feel like this is such an overlooked reason for not only having a personal site, but having a LinkedIn, Github, Twitter etc. (even if you don't use them). If you work for yourself in any capacity it helps to try control your search page results.

seanwilson 6y ago

Mine is here: https://www.seanw.org https://www.seanw.org :)

toto444 6y ago

Mine is here : https://drdru.github.io/ https://drdru.github.io/ I am not on the job market but if I was I would use it to show how I am able to makes things simple, explain them to non technical people and focus on the essential.

fuzzygroup 6y ago

https://fuzzyblog.io/blog/ https://fuzzyblog.io/blog/ I don't know if it matters to recruiters but it matters a ton to me. I find that a personal web site gives a place for me to document what I know and that improves my work.

aljmyl 6y ago

Mine is here: https://xn--5ca.cc/ https://xn--5ca.cc/ I guess recruiting or hiring managers couldn't care less about my site.

adelowo 6y ago

Mine is at https://lanre.wtf https://lanre.wtf :)

urlaunched 6y ago

Mine is here: https://urlaunched.com https://urlaunched.com As for hiring manager, don't think it is too valuable. But it is not so difficult to build the one on Wix, Squarespace, or Tilda. So, if you are planning to have own blog and brand building it worth it.

slmjkdbtl 6y ago

hi mine is here, https://enemyspy.xyz/ https://enemyspy.xyz/ the games up there are almost all scratched projects and I don't know if the links will work, but i still like the icons i drew for them so still haven't took them off yet. try click the flower!

jonathancai11 6y ago
I really dig it :) flower animation is a neat touch. What did you use to build it btw?
- slmjkdbtl 6y ago
  Thanks! Currently it's using mithril.js, but I am considering dropping it and use plain html cuz the page is so simple

bryan_cooper 6y ago

Yes, built in webflow: https://www.bryancooper.dev/ https://www.bryancooper.dev/

marshallford 6y ago

https://marshallford.me https://marshallford.me - Built with Hugo and deployed with Terraform to GCP Cloud Run

aayushagg28 6y ago

Yes, built on Wordpress - https://www.aayushaggarwal.com https://www.aayushaggarwal.com Looking for suggestion to improve

miguendes 6y ago

Yes, started a couple of weeks ago. I'm using hashnode but previously tried Hugo. I like hashnode better because it has a bunch of nice features and I still own the content. https://miguendes.me https://miguendes.me

SkyLinx 6y ago

I have been blogging at https://vitobotta.com https://vitobotta.com (hosted on my own blogging platform https://www.dynablogger.com https://www.dynablogger.com) since 2010 about web programming, DevOps and related topics. I've had many recruiters reach out to me about jobs over the years who found me via my blog. Much more than from LinkedIn I think. So yeah, a personal website which is relevant to your skills and career can help.

fractionalhare 6y ago

Yes: pseudorandom.com As far as I can tell, it has not mattered for hiring managers or recruiters. But I also don't really share it with them. It's not intended to be used for promotion. I'm only planning to write one or two articles a year.

retrofeel 6y ago

https://clippingpathindia.com https://clippingpathindia.com In my view, it did not matter at present in hire administrators or recruiters. Yes we've some commercial purposes. We share several articles related to our services. https://clippingpathindia.com/blogs/tips https://clippingpathindia.com/blogs/tips So we have a lot of content to receive from experts all year long!

pknerd 6y ago

Http://adnansiddiqi.me And http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me Both,esp blog helped to get job and gigs.

bhu1st 6y ago

http://bhupalsapkota.com.np/tech http://bhupalsapkota.com.np/tech Mostly collection of my past project works.

lukaszkups 6y ago

Yes, here: https://lukaszkups.net https://lukaszkups.net - I take down notes & practically everything I'm doing right now there. And for the second question: I think the answer is YES, because recruiters can see how passionate I am about the technology/industry I work on and what I do in my spare time (side projects!)

nicbou 6y ago

https://nicolasbouliane.com https://nicolasbouliane.com I think it does matter early in your career, but later on LinkedIn and GitHub suffice. I recently rebuilt my website to be simpler, and more personal. I don't need to look for work, so I don't need an online resume. I made room for the things I do outside of work instead.

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kusha 6y ago

Yes — it definitely helped me get my foot in the door in a couple of places https://kusha.me https://kusha.me Open source, hosted on GitHub pages

yesenadam 6y ago

http://www.adamponting.com/ http://www.adamponting.com/ I might show individual pages to people, but it covers diverse topics, (music, maths, art, writing, quotes, movies etc) whatever interests me, so.. I'd need a single-focus site/blog for a particular subject to use professionally. Or just linking to that area of the site would work, I guess.

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solution-finder 6y ago

Yes I do: https://akhan.me https://akhan.me The purpose of the website for me is a combo of few objectives: 1. Write/publish on Azure/Dynamics 365/Power Platform etc., 2. As my one pager profile with links to other side projects, ..above two is already happening, I’m going to work on below soon: 3. To serve as a repository of notes (some call it ‘digital garden’) where I publish excerpts of the best I read/watch and reflections on them 4. To host curations on the topics I’m interested in and on which I’ve collected the useful ways, tips and strategies from various books etc. Eg 1:1 meetings, Consultancy notes, Productivity tools etc