the conventional wisdom is that if you are trying to get hired, don't leave anything embarrassing lying around on the internet to incriminate you -- amateur porn, rants against capitalism or evil bosses, drunk-o-logues, etc. this was brought to mind for me by the news that CmdrTaco is leaving Slashdot. people like him built their entire careers on "potentially embarrassing things posted on the internet".
i am right now picturing myself as the hiring manager of a company. i'm looking over the web presence of a potential hire with their resume on my desk in front of me. following the breadcrumbs, i find that they have posted:
1) a rant complaining about an evil boss. (hire her!!)
2) a rant about annoying co-workers. (do not hire!!)
3) a rant about stupid customers. (VERY do not hire!!!!)
as a boss i would not care about someone having problems with me -- maybe it would drive them to follow their own creative path and contribute more to the company. someone who stabs their colleagues in the back, however, i can do without; and someone who doesn't know which side of their toast the butter is on? forGETaboutit.
4) amateur porn? creative!
5) racist/sexist/homophobic screeching? let the post office take 'em! okay, that's unfair and hostile to postal workers. let the rodeo clowns have them!! maybe that's unfair to rodeo clowns.
6) BAD/BORING WRITING: sorry, that's where my own prejudice comes in, and i have to push the "reject" button and open the trapdoor to the alligator pond.
in this day and age, i figure if someone DOESN'T have anything incriminating online somewhere, they've been lazy.
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