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Writing provides backstory, context, and demonstrates a willingness to share the knowledge.
exactly. especially for companies looking for employees who match their culture fit, a quick read a some blog posts may tell more about the attitude, the motivation of the candidate rather than a bunch of commits to opensource or pet projects.
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hi Thomas,
I think that's fine because we're expressing frustration, which is normal. We're not robots.
To me, regarding "frustration", I personally think there's a difference between:
"Spent 3hrs trying to center a div, I hate jQuery. I wish it was easier. This is how I did it. Wish there was a easier way...." kind of thing.
VS
"Here a stance about (insert tech, politics, dev community, best practices) and if you don't agree, then you are a bad person and need to change. Look at my likes and followers and see how everyone else agrees with me."
The thing is, I don't think a person should necessarily change who they are or how they write just for their career. Expression is a important part of each individual.
But when the question is, "will my blog help me in my career". If a candidate constantly extrudes arrogance, putting down those that do not agree, and one-way communication, I'm not sure it helps (in general) 😕.
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
If you're the writing type, maintaining "personal" and "tech" blogs is generally a good idea. Preferably, doing it under unique userids to reduce the likelihood that you'll blog to one when you meant to blog to the other.
Then again, I generally try to maintain a fairly strong firewall between "work" me and "personal" me when it comes to online presence. In both cases, my attitudes will definitely still come across. It's mostly a topics-separation (my politics doesn't generally have bearing on how I approach technical things and technical stuff tends to bore/confuse the people that read my personal stuff). That said, "pure rant" (i.e., stuff that doesn't include "how I solved or worked around this problem" type of content) tends to go on my personal blogs.
I think these two comments above me are well said.
It also gives a better sense of depth of knowledge then code. And for someone who reviews candidates, it's definitely seen as a plus.
I would say attitude is double edge sword though. Some bloggers are incredibly egotistic and almost shame and embarrass the reader. Blogging about something your passionate in is one thing, but taking the "I'm a advocate" to justify rudeness/bullying is another....and the #watercooler talk among my colleagues is that nobody wants a rude a-hole on the team 🙄
I think it's a balance, you need to be who you are. But once it's public, it can both help and hurt.
Absolutely. I definitely look for compassion for the reader and excitement to teach in one's writing every bit as much as I look for technical expertise.
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exactly. especially for companies looking for employees who match their culture fit, a quick read a some blog posts may tell more about the attitude, the motivation of the candidate rather than a bunch of commits to opensource or pet projects.
Oof... My posts tend to be full of attitude: frequently, what's caused me to write was something that was annoying to research and solve.
hi Thomas,
I think that's fine because we're expressing frustration, which is normal. We're not robots.
To me, regarding "frustration", I personally think there's a difference between:
"Spent 3hrs trying to center a div, I hate jQuery. I wish it was easier. This is how I did it. Wish there was a easier way...." kind of thing.
VS
"Here a stance about (insert tech, politics, dev community, best practices) and if you don't agree, then you are a bad person and need to change. Look at my likes and followers and see how everyone else agrees with me."
The thing is, I don't think a person should necessarily change who they are or how they write just for their career. Expression is a important part of each individual.
But when the question is, "will my blog help me in my career". If a candidate constantly extrudes arrogance, putting down those that do not agree, and one-way communication, I'm not sure it helps (in general) 😕.
If you're the writing type, maintaining "personal" and "tech" blogs is generally a good idea. Preferably, doing it under unique userids to reduce the likelihood that you'll blog to one when you meant to blog to the other.
Then again, I generally try to maintain a fairly strong firewall between "work" me and "personal" me when it comes to online presence. In both cases, my attitudes will definitely still come across. It's mostly a topics-separation (my politics doesn't generally have bearing on how I approach technical things and technical stuff tends to bore/confuse the people that read my personal stuff). That said, "pure rant" (i.e., stuff that doesn't include "how I solved or worked around this problem" type of content) tends to go on my personal blogs.
I think these two comments above me are well said.
It also gives a better sense of depth of knowledge then code. And for someone who reviews candidates, it's definitely seen as a plus.
I would say attitude is double edge sword though. Some bloggers are incredibly egotistic and almost shame and embarrass the reader. Blogging about something your passionate in is one thing, but taking the "I'm a advocate" to justify rudeness/bullying is another....and the #watercooler talk among my colleagues is that nobody wants a rude a-hole on the team 🙄
I think it's a balance, you need to be who you are. But once it's public, it can both help and hurt.
Absolutely. I definitely look for compassion for the reader and excitement to teach in one's writing every bit as much as I look for technical expertise.