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So Stackoverflow is a relevant community now? Huh.... Anyway, I suppose it depends on the type of job you're after. Want a position in the FBI as a spy? Probab

So Stackoverflow is a relevant community now? Huh.... Anyway, I suppose it depends on the type of job you're after. Want a position in the FBI as a spy? Probably not gonna happen if you're a twitter junkie, I'd guess. Want a job as a web developer? Probably more likely to happen if the employer thinks you have your "finger on the pulse". I think that, as long as you don't have stupid things on the web that make you look unprofessional, you're okay.

i_am_neuron 18y ago
I think that, as long as you don't have stupid things on the web that make you look unprofessional, you're okay. I thought this also, but imagine your interviewer found your profile on a Lisp hackers site. You (probably) know Lisp, fine. And though your reasoning in the relevant forums about... hmmm (I'm not a Lisp hacker)... difference between macros and function may be perfectly plausible, interviewer could probably think that it is he who will have to pay you for the time spent chatting.
- gommm 18y ago
  As someone thinking about hiring an employee to help me, finding his name in such a conversation would be strong hire sign for me... Anybody who is passionate enough about programing to spend some time in such communities is a potential strong hire...
- cstejerean 18y ago
  "interviewer could probably think that it is he who will have to pay you for the time spent chatting." Well, if you're planning on spending some of your time at work arguing about Lisp online anyway, why hide that from your employer? Either they're OK with it and it doesn't matter, or they won't like it and you probably wouldn't want to work there anyway.