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Maybe you expressed some incorrect political views online. I suggest you use a fake name/identity when applying for jobs. Also, be sure to say that you're fully

Maybe you expressed some incorrect political views online. I suggest you use a fake name/identity when applying for jobs. Also, be sure to say that you're fully vaccinated if they ask. Never reveal your vax status or say that you're fully boosted. In my last job, I got baited by the CTO into revealing my vax status (after he said that he didn't want the vaccine himself but his wife made him do it)... Could tell it made him very uncomfortable that I wasn't vaxxed. I was fired a few weeks later for a phony reason in spite of exceeding expectations. I haven't been able to find a job in over a year in spite of a stellar resume. Also I write a fair bit online anonymously. Most of these tech people are control freaks so they probably snoop in on their employees with all kinds of special tools using text analysis.

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steve1977 2y ago
> Maybe you expressed some incorrect political views online. I suggest you use a fake name/identity when applying for jobs. I assume you meant "use a fake identity to express political views online", not "use a fake identity when applying for jobs"?
- jongjong 2y ago
  I meant both.
  - steve1977 2y ago
    I guess it depends on location and culture, but using a fake identity to apply for a job where I live would immediately remove you from the application process once we find out (and we would find out during background checks).
    - jongjong 2y ago
      You can give them your nickname instead of your first name and change a few letters in your last name (or drop part of it). Use a new email address, not your main one. For references, provide phone numbers of ex-colleagues you got along with (they'll refer to you by your nickname so it all ties nicely, no need to coordinate, makes it genuine). For university, they don't always check. If they do, you can say you changed your name as part of your gender transition, immigration, marriage, found out that you were adopted, etc... That should put the issue to rest. If they insist, you can provide your real name and hope (if it's a big bureaucratic corporation) that they already did your social media screening using your fake name before your background check came back empty and so they won't do the social media screening again with your real name... When HR people are handling multiple candidates at once, they can forget to re-run certain checks in light of new information so that's a good opportunity. I'm still trying to perfect my strategy. Hopefully I'll have a job by year's end. It worked well for my last job (lasted 8 months) until I admitted my unvaxxed status and they came across my Twitter somehow. After they gave me full control over their infrastructure and database, I thought I'd made it and got sloppy. You can't ever let your guard down. The problem when you tell half-truths is that, eventually, you start speaking in 60% truths, then 70% truths, then they'll realize that you're one of the good guys and you're out. It's probably better to start with half-truths and work your way backwards as they get deeper into the fiction you created, it gets easier to fool them as they get more invested in your deception.

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steve1977 2y ago

> Maybe you expressed some incorrect political views online. I suggest you use a fake name/identity when applying for jobs. I assume you meant "use a fake identity to express political views online", not "use a fake identity when applying for jobs"?

jongjong 2y ago
I meant both.
- steve1977 2y ago
  I guess it depends on location and culture, but using a fake identity to apply for a job where I live would immediately remove you from the application process once we find out (and we would find out during background checks).
  - jongjong 2y ago
    You can give them your nickname instead of your first name and change a few letters in your last name (or drop part of it). Use a new email address, not your main one. For references, provide phone numbers of ex-colleagues you got along with (they'll refer to you by your nickname so it all ties nicely, no need to coordinate, makes it genuine). For university, they don't always check. If they do, you can say you changed your name as part of your gender transition, immigration, marriage, found out that you were adopted, etc... That should put the issue to rest. If they insist, you can provide your real name and hope (if it's a big bureaucratic corporation) that they already did your social media screening using your fake name before your background check came back empty and so they won't do the social media screening again with your real name... When HR people are handling multiple candidates at once, they can forget to re-run certain checks in light of new information so that's a good opportunity. I'm still trying to perfect my strategy. Hopefully I'll have a job by year's end. It worked well for my last job (lasted 8 months) until I admitted my unvaxxed status and they came across my Twitter somehow. After they gave me full control over their infrastructure and database, I thought I'd made it and got sloppy. You can't ever let your guard down. The problem when you tell half-truths is that, eventually, you start speaking in 60% truths, then 70% truths, then they'll realize that you're one of the good guys and you're out. It's probably better to start with half-truths and work your way backwards as they get deeper into the fiction you created, it gets easier to fool them as they get more invested in your deception.