Agreed. Depends on the policy of the company, of course, but the first thing I would do when I get a resume of a person for interviewing is to google their nam

Agreed. Depends on the policy of the company, of course, but the first thing I would do when I get a resume of a person for interviewing is to google their name. Do they have LinkedIn, github, Facebook, a personal web site? There's good, neutral, and bad. - good: OS contributions, intelligent blog on topic - neutral: random hobbies, completely blank web presence - bad: photos with illegal drugs, hostile blog, drive-by vicious blog comments, etc