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My concern is that this takes the fun out of participating in these kinds of online communities. Learning and helping others for the sake of fun is one thing, b
by EugeneG 17y ago
My concern is that this takes the fun out of participating in these kinds of online communities. Learning and helping others for the sake of fun is one thing, but doing it to beef up a resume is totally different.
- mapleoin 17y ago/me goes to create 20 new accounts to ask questions that I can then answer myself
- swombat 17y agoSounds like a lot more work than just answering a bunch of genuine questions.
- stonemetal 17y agoyeah but you are guaranteed 20 up votes and the selected answer points too. Basically the system is to easy to game since it is completely anonymous.
- richardw 17y agoYes, but when the company you're trying to join sees you answering a bunch of retarded questions...
- tedunangst 17y agoIf only there were a way to detect accounts that are always upvoted by the same group of accounts...
- scorpion032 17y agoI think they do have a system in place that detects "upvoted answers by same user, only, so many times"
- oipuyjhg 17y ago/me goes and creates 20 new accounts so I can ask embarrassing stupid questions. Otherwise I get rejected from a job because I asked where to find a setting in Visual Studio while claiming to have N years experience
- spolsky 17y agoYou don't have to file a CV. It's completely optional. So far about 7000 people have filed CVs, which is a tiny fraction of the millions of people on the site.
- EugeneG 17y agoI understand that it's optional. But if this type of thing becomes popular, programmers will feel pressure to show their employers an online track record. People will feel obligated to participate, even if they don't want to, and those that do participate will worry a lot more about how their answers will be interpreted by potential employers. The penalty for an incorrect answer becomes much higher than just a downvote. Just my thoughts -- I'm speculating here, and there's still a long way to go.
- spolsky 17y agoI think that's already the case. When I get a resume the first thing I do is Google the name. If I find an intelligent programming blog, good questions and good answers on Q&A sites, and intelligent comments on online discussions I'm way more likely to call back.
- mapleoin 17y agoGoogle has 553 matches for my name and 75.700 for my nickname. I guess I should now add a Google keyword field in my CV.
- Periodic 17y agoThis is something I'm sort of worried about. I've generally kept my casual nickname separate from my real name. If I'm doing something professional or academic, I'll use my real name, otherwise I'll use a pseudonym, and I work to keep them separate. I've been thinking about starting a programming blog with my real name just so people have something to find when they Google for me. Of course, it would help if I had some public results to point to with my name on them...
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- richardw 17y agoAgreed, but then don't do anything to beef up a resume. Participate as you are and hopefully over time that'll say enough.