A lot of folks that I look at as successful people in tech invest a lot in this area.
Some tweet like 5 to 10 times a day, lunch a few blog posts every week, work on their OSS projects every day - AND have a full time job.
Those people are very productive but perhaps they also have job-time allocated to their personal growth & branding - and I think companies that offer that are great. I also think a lot of them work remote - so they have the time to pursue this kind of lifestyle.
But those are the 5% - I don't think most companies in general look for this, because if they would, they would limit their candidates by a lot. There are a lot of great software engineers that rarely contribute to OSS and have side projects.
You're touching on a lot of great points here. Love it.
People we normally look up to are doing all these sort of things
Most of them are perhaps remote which gives them room to pursue it
A lot of great engineers barely have a presence online
I'll stick with the last one. Having an online presence will make you stand out. Not having an online presence won't necessarily undermine your seniority.
It wasn't until I started using Twitter and DEV that I realised how productive some of these people are! It's very easy not to see it when you're not in this online tech bubble.
A lot of folks that I look at as successful people in tech invest a lot in this area.
Some tweet like 5 to 10 times a day, lunch a few blog posts every week, work on their OSS projects every day - AND have a full time job.
Those people are very productive but perhaps they also have job-time allocated to their personal growth & branding - and I think companies that offer that are great. I also think a lot of them work remote - so they have the time to pursue this kind of lifestyle.
But those are the 5% - I don't think most companies in general look for this, because if they would, they would limit their candidates by a lot. There are a lot of great software engineers that rarely contribute to OSS and have side projects.
You're touching on a lot of great points here. Love it.
I'll stick with the last one. Having an online presence will make you stand out. Not having an online presence won't necessarily undermine your seniority.
It wasn't until I started using Twitter and DEV that I realised how productive some of these people are! It's very easy not to see it when you're not in this online tech bubble.
Right! I noticed the same, it's insane.