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Do NOT use an uncommon TLD. I was using .lol recently and missed a job interview because the employer wasn't receiving any of my emails -- they kept getting rejected by their email servers! And I was only informed by Thunderbird weeks later when it was too late. Ever since then, I've just been using gmail for everything.
Why would you think it was a good idea to use a non professional email address when job hunting?
I regret using firstnamelastname.dev as my main personal account It’s uncommon, and causes confusion if I have to dictate it out over the phone. You have to optimize for the non-technical people scheduling appointments that don’t realize there are options other than .com I’ve started the process of migrating over to a .com with my middle initial added, and it’s so much easier knowing that everyone will understand the…
I've been self hosting a .net email domain for decades. I don't really have the problem you're describing. Depending on the recipient, I do sometimes reitterate the .net TLD, but that's it. I would say a more significant issue would be having a custom domain name that's too long, as this increases the liklyhood that it will be misspelled.
.dev is absolutely a problem for non-technical people
I wouldn't do it. Many rarely used TLDs have flaky registrars and there are a lot of people who mistype their own email let alone someone else's.
+1 I just registered a .re domain at OVH, and the first thing they did was provide me an account I cannot log into and cannot password reset. When I contact their support, they can't help me unless I call an international number. The whole ordeal gave me such a bad taste, I've postponed using the domain and am thinking of just letting it expire. Such a bad service, when you're used to Porkbun. Domain registrars, on a…
Beyond that, I just host my email with Proton which has been a really pleasant experience.