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To play devils advocate, Linkedin is professional profile site. Personally I would not put a photo of myself holding a drink for this reason and agree or not, i

To play devils advocate, Linkedin is professional profile site. Personally I would not put a photo of myself holding a drink for this reason and agree or not, its reasonable to expect people wont like this. If someone said the same cause they saw a Facebook picture of you holding a beer then I would be in absolute agreement.

oalders 12y ago
On a whim, I recently updated my LinkedIn picture to a photo of myself in a multi-coloured clown wig. This put an immediate end to all messages from recruiters.
- adamnemecek 12y ago
  just wait until the circus recruiters get a whiff of your profile
  - raverbashing 12y ago
    Don't worry, they will come back They only grep the CVs for words, if you put you're a lion tamer, archeologist, but has the word PHP in your CV (or something similar) you'll get a flood of IT jobs
    - mgcross 12y ago
      Yep. A good while ago, I added T-shirts, short hair, fig newtons, beer, speeding and disorderly conduct to my list of skills. Doesn't matter.
- nihonjon 12y ago
  That says authenticity. You're thought leader material now!
- squiguy7 12y ago
  Here is the evidence: https://twitter.com/wundercounter/status/570454045099307008 https://twitter.com/wundercounter/status/570454045099307008
  - oalders 12y ago
    That's amazing. I was going to post that here as a follow-up, but you beat me to it. :)
grecy 12y ago
Where do you draw the line? is it OK for me to have a shaggy beard? How about long hair? Tattoos? My personality is my personality, and when you hire me you're going to get the whole thing. If you can't handle it, I rather you don't even talk to me in the first place. I look forward to a future where nobody cares about this stuff.
- Miserlou57 12y ago
  One should note that Apple has basically no dress code, at all. Sandals, dreads, etc. and it has a history of this culture.
- driverdan 12y ago
  If your personality needs beer to work then it has a problem. LinkedIn is for business, not partying.
- s73v3r 12y ago
  Shaggy beard, long hair, and tattoos are part of what's going to be at the job. You're not going to be drinking beer on the job.
Miserlou57 12y ago
I was more surprised that after four successful interviews, my poor web-presence was enough to nullify that success.
saryant 12y ago
I once worked for a design agency that was building the website of a major super PAC run by the son of a governor that most people on HN probably despise. I was tasked with turning the designer's PSDs into a Wordpress site and one section was bios of all the officers. My contact at the client gathered up all the photos and bios and emailed them to me. Maybe 25% of the photos were professional headshots. The majority were just crappy cell phone pictures. The rest were people at parties holding a beer. I emailed my contact to make sure he wanted me to use these and he told me to go ahead. Sure enough, a day after we went live I get a pissed-off call from him demanding to know why I used those photos.

oalders 12y ago

On a whim, I recently updated my LinkedIn picture to a photo of myself in a multi-coloured clown wig. This put an immediate end to all messages from recruiters.

adamnemecek 12y ago
just wait until the circus recruiters get a whiff of your profile
- raverbashing 12y ago
  Don't worry, they will come back They only grep the CVs for words, if you put you're a lion tamer, archeologist, but has the word PHP in your CV (or something similar) you'll get a flood of IT jobs
  - mgcross 12y ago
    Yep. A good while ago, I added T-shirts, short hair, fig newtons, beer, speeding and disorderly conduct to my list of skills. Doesn't matter.
nihonjon 12y ago
That says authenticity. You're thought leader material now!
squiguy7 12y ago
Here is the evidence: https://twitter.com/wundercounter/status/570454045099307008 https://twitter.com/wundercounter/status/570454045099307008
- oalders 12y ago
  That's amazing. I was going to post that here as a follow-up, but you beat me to it. :)

grecy 12y ago

Where do you draw the line? is it OK for me to have a shaggy beard? How about long hair? Tattoos? My personality is my personality, and when you hire me you're going to get the whole thing. If you can't handle it, I rather you don't even talk to me in the first place. I look forward to a future where nobody cares about this stuff.

Miserlou57 12y ago
One should note that Apple has basically no dress code, at all. Sandals, dreads, etc. and it has a history of this culture.
driverdan 12y ago
If your personality needs beer to work then it has a problem. LinkedIn is for business, not partying.
s73v3r 12y ago
Shaggy beard, long hair, and tattoos are part of what's going to be at the job. You're not going to be drinking beer on the job.

Miserlou57 12y ago

I was more surprised that after four successful interviews, my poor web-presence was enough to nullify that success.

saryant 12y ago

I once worked for a design agency that was building the website of a major super PAC run by the son of a governor that most people on HN probably despise. I was tasked with turning the designer's PSDs into a Wordpress site and one section was bios of all the officers. My contact at the client gathered up all the photos and bios and emailed them to me. Maybe 25% of the photos were professional headshots. The majority were just crappy cell phone pictures. The rest were people at parties holding a beer. I emailed my contact to make sure he wanted me to use these and he told me to go ahead. Sure enough, a day after we went live I get a pissed-off call from him demanding to know why I used those photos.