Timeline for Would you put your Stack Overflow profile link on your CV / Resume?
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| Sep 2, 2011 at 8:56 | comment | added | Engineer | Agreed. I actually looked up this question because I was considering it myself. I've since gone ahead and put my gamedev.stackexchange profile on my resume (I'm in the top 30 or so users on that subsite). Re recruiters, you're spot on, but I've enough breadth of skills that my CV is likely to wind up on someone's desk, and that someone is likely to be a tech lead of some sort. I put it at the top of the CV, with eg. my skype and LinkedIn. The contract I've just signed isn't games-related, but I don't doubt it will carry some serious weight for the next such contract that comes up. | |
| Sep 2, 2011 at 8:27 | comment | added | Robert Koritnik | @Nick: You're right. But if you're somewhere at the top, you have the right to brag about it, don't you? Or if you think that your answers may provide valuable insight into your skills, then I welcome that. It's the same with linking to a blog where one talks about their work. Recruiters aren't interested in it, but potential employers may be. It gives a nice overview of your work if your blog is of course valuable. | |
| Sep 2, 2011 at 7:40 | comment | added | Engineer | Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Using him as an example of the value of stackoverflow participation probably doesn't make sense in relation to the rest of us. The point is he probably probably produces more value when he breaks wind than the rest of us do in 6 months of crunch time. Tech directors likely worship statuettes of him, carved from precious materials, in dark corners of company HQ. He almost certainly groks at least 80% of the inner workings of the universe. And still has time to spend on stackoverflow. | |
| Sep 1, 2011 at 21:29 | comment | added | Robert Koritnik | @Nick. Well John Skeet doesn't really need a CV now does he? He'd probably get enough job offers just by announcing job switching in a blog post. I'm sure there would be several top notch companies pulling for his head. | |
| Sep 1, 2011 at 21:27 | comment | added | Robert Koritnik | @Nick: True... And not just that! The more problematic thing is that Stackoverflow participation may be fine when your CV gets to the employer so it will be screened by a developer (hopefully). But on the contrary Stackoverflow participation has no value whatsoever with recruitment agents because they're most likely not developers. | |
| Aug 13, 2011 at 11:32 | comment | added | Engineer | Yes; BUT he is... Jon Skeet. Not everyone is! | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 12:05 | history | edited | Robert Koritnik | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 8, 2011 at 11:58 | history | answered | Robert Koritnik | CC BY-SA 2.5 |