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I left it on for awhile as a signal to my employer that I was willing to jump ship. I will say that I was pretty straightforward with my employer about what I w

I left it on for awhile as a signal to my employer that I was willing to jump ship. I will say that I was pretty straightforward with my employer about what I was looking for, and started bringing it up regularly. I eventually got an offer and my employer counter-offered. Turns out no one even noticed until I showed up with an offer in hand. I even asked out to my boss, "didn't you see that I'm '#OpenForWork' on LinkedIn?" (Basically, I was hired as a contractor because my offer as W2 was below market rate. The contractor phase was supposed to be short, but after it dragged out too long I needed to either make market rate as a W2 or move on.)

tomcam 4y ago
Mad props for taking this into your own hands and for being straight with your org. Also, fine username (former VBA language PM representing).
- gwbas1c 4y ago
  Yeah, the first time I signed into a dial-up BBS it asked me for a handle. I was 13 and didn't realize I'd have to make one up. I looked down and my GWBasic manual was sitting in front of me, so I became GWBasic. I didn't put much thought into it, but I really, really liked the name and kept using it. I still have my GWBasic manual on the shelf, too. I think I claimed "gwbasic" on Hacker News years ago but lost the password. It looks like the username is freed up, but I don't want to loose my karma.