The author mentions learning how to properly format metadata to have links unfurl nicely in Slack and other social media platforms. Are there any debugging tools that let you see what an URL would look like on all platforms at once, without having to post it everywhere and deal with caches when you have to change the content ?
Have a personal web site
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#43For me, the best part of having a personal web site is the ability to link to it for content.
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#44I don't think it's fair to judge a candidate based on their online presence. Some people are very private, or for whatever reasons prefer not to have an online presence. Furthermore, if you judge every candidate by the number of linkedin posts and stackoverflow answers or whatever superficial metric than you will miss out on a lot of talented people. I'm not the type who has an urge to express my opinion or feelings…
Oh, I wasn't looking them up--the candidate told me that they looked me up.
Oh I see, that's a fair point. Perhaps in your case it makes sense to have some presence when you know that people may you look you up. Although, I would still argue that should not be reason enough - unless that it is, you actually want to have a personal website and enjoy writing.
In my case, I often feel like my opinions are so asinine and generally not worth sharing that I just don't feel the urge to set them in stone, so to speak.
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#45Something about this comments page plays the Trogdor the Burninator song (in the premii HN app on Android). I've never had that happen before, anyone else experiencing it?
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#46“I like to look people up before an interview to try to get to know them a bit. You were a complete ghost online.” Why is this a bad thing?
> Why is this a bad thing?
It is not. :)
I kept myself out of the internet for most of my life. Once I reached my 40s, I decided that I was wise enough to share my experiences in a way that can enrich myself and others. And, I think that it was a good call of judgement. I have never hold extreme opinions (ok, I like Windows) but I didn't have enough knowledge to know how companies will value my writing.
Now that I have a career and a long life experience, I feel confident to publish online. I value young people writings, so being young should not be a stopper to have an online presence. But, you need to evaluate how you feel about it and how much you really know what are you doing.
So, maybe to be a complete ghost online can be a good sign that people are thoughtful or that they have a less extrovert character and none of them is a bad thing.
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#47> You should... Except for all the reasons you shouldn't. The biggest reasons is that if putting up a website doesn't feel like a good use of time, it's probably better to just not have one. An alternative way to think about it is this... is it a good business decision to de-prioritize talking to people who don't have a website? I'd be real surprised if the answer was yes.
> is it a good business decision to de-prioritize talking to people who don't have a website? I'd be real surprised if the answer was yes.
I agree absolutely, as the party seeking individuals this would be foolhardy. But even if all hiring managers acknowledge this, it can still pay for individuals to put up a website, because this allows one to frame and refine ones own ideas, and thus catch the fancy of a potential hiring manager or collaborator preemptively, without requiring that person to be in a room with them and ask the right questions at the right time. Think of it as a way to increase serendipity.
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#49In Finland it is illegal to google for applicant's online presence, because of the possibility of judging the candidate because of misidentification. You have to have applicant's permission to that. And I am glad, because one of my name doubles isn't very representative person according to their online presence.
How is this law enforced? It seems like you could google them and discard their application for other reasons.
This also holds for eg. age and sex discrimination - find out who they are, reject them for something else. Not being able to easily enforce a law doesn't mean one should break it.
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#50Something about this comments page plays the Trogdor the Burninator song (in the premii HN app on Android). I've never had that happen before, anyone else experiencing it?
It's from a comment with a link to this web site.