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This. I got a very mixed feeling after reading his blog. On one hand it looks like he lacks self-awareness to the point that he didn't realize the blog makes hi

This. I got a very mixed feeling after reading his blog. On one hand it looks like he lacks self-awareness to the point that he didn't realize the blog makes him quite unemployable. On the other hand, I don't want to live in a society where a blog can make you unemployable, and I kinda admire his audacity to keep it on.

wiseowise 3y ago
Your blog is literally you, unless it’s some kind of made up alter ego. You don’t want to live in a world where people won’t hire you because they don’t like you? You’re in for a rough ride.
- raincole 3y ago
  My gender and race are me too, and I don't want to live in a world where my gender and race can significantly affect the chance that I get hired. Actually my gender and race are much more "me" than my blog, cause I might change my opinions and my blog no longer reflects my internal "states".
  - wiseowise 3y ago
    That’s a different matter. What I meant is your blog is an extension of your personality. You can’t discriminate based on sex or race, you can based on personality.
    - sph 3y ago
      You're allowed to discriminate based on personality by law, but socially, if you do it with anyone you don't agree with completely: 1. You probably don't have many friends or 2. Your friends are not very diverse Outside, in the real world, I can sit and have a very pleasant conversation on TV shows or Lisp interpreters with someone with terrible ideas or belief which are inconsequential to the matter at hand and are not part of the conversation. I can sit for a beer with childhood acquaintances that I know are racist, bigots or generally idiots, because we're talking about something else than the things I know we don't see eye to eye. And that's fine. It is frightening that we're forgetting how real people outside the Internet are, behave and can get along in all their complexity.
      - wiseowise 3y ago
        > if you do it with anyone you don't agree with completely Where did I say that? > Outside, in the real world, I can sit and have a very pleasant conversation on TV shows or Lisp interpreters with someone with terrible ideas or belief which are inconsequential to the matter at hand and are not part of the conversation. I can sit for a beer with childhood acquaintances that I know are racist, bigots or generally idiots, because we're talking about something else than the things I know we don't see eye to eye. And that's fine. Good for you. We're multinational company with thousands of employees, I personally been witness to situations where incompatibility in views caused issues during work. In my free time, with my childhood acquaintances I can talk about anything, during work with my colleagues I want to have productive workday - not arguing about current flavor of racism or whoever-knows-what's opinions about anarchy.
    - raincole 3y ago
      Yeah, but it's a bit like to refuse to work with someone who follows a different religion than you, or someone who is into astrology a bit too much. Again I know it's not black and white and everyone has different red lines. If someone treats killing baby mammals as their favorite form of entertainment I probably can't work with them.
gavinhoward 3y ago
Oh, I quite realize my blog is a liability. My original post was refuting claims that a blog and public code could get you hired. I know that companies will see me as not a good fit. That's a good thing for both of us because I've come to realize that I'm not a good fit for a sterile office environment.
- philipwhiuk 3y ago
  But it's not a refutation. They said a blog, not any blog or every blog. A blog can get you hired. Your blog will not.

wiseowise 3y ago

Your blog is literally you, unless it’s some kind of made up alter ego. You don’t want to live in a world where people won’t hire you because they don’t like you? You’re in for a rough ride.

raincole 3y ago
My gender and race are me too, and I don't want to live in a world where my gender and race can significantly affect the chance that I get hired. Actually my gender and race are much more "me" than my blog, cause I might change my opinions and my blog no longer reflects my internal "states".
- wiseowise 3y ago
  That’s a different matter. What I meant is your blog is an extension of your personality. You can’t discriminate based on sex or race, you can based on personality.
  - sph 3y ago
    You're allowed to discriminate based on personality by law, but socially, if you do it with anyone you don't agree with completely: 1. You probably don't have many friends or 2. Your friends are not very diverse Outside, in the real world, I can sit and have a very pleasant conversation on TV shows or Lisp interpreters with someone with terrible ideas or belief which are inconsequential to the matter at hand and are not part of the conversation. I can sit for a beer with childhood acquaintances that I know are racist, bigots or generally idiots, because we're talking about something else than the things I know we don't see eye to eye. And that's fine. It is frightening that we're forgetting how real people outside the Internet are, behave and can get along in all their complexity.
    - wiseowise 3y ago
      > if you do it with anyone you don't agree with completely Where did I say that? > Outside, in the real world, I can sit and have a very pleasant conversation on TV shows or Lisp interpreters with someone with terrible ideas or belief which are inconsequential to the matter at hand and are not part of the conversation. I can sit for a beer with childhood acquaintances that I know are racist, bigots or generally idiots, because we're talking about something else than the things I know we don't see eye to eye. And that's fine. Good for you. We're multinational company with thousands of employees, I personally been witness to situations where incompatibility in views caused issues during work. In my free time, with my childhood acquaintances I can talk about anything, during work with my colleagues I want to have productive workday - not arguing about current flavor of racism or whoever-knows-what's opinions about anarchy.
  - raincole 3y ago
    Yeah, but it's a bit like to refuse to work with someone who follows a different religion than you, or someone who is into astrology a bit too much. Again I know it's not black and white and everyone has different red lines. If someone treats killing baby mammals as their favorite form of entertainment I probably can't work with them.

gavinhoward 3y ago

Oh, I quite realize my blog is a liability. My original post was refuting claims that a blog and public code could get you hired. I know that companies will see me as not a good fit. That's a good thing for both of us because I've come to realize that I'm not a good fit for a sterile office environment.

philipwhiuk 3y ago
But it's not a refutation. They said a blog, not any blog or every blog. A blog can get you hired. Your blog will not.