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Ahh, yes but he has a Social Media presence... 
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Ahh, yes but he has a Antisocial Media presence...
FTFY!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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IIRC social skills ~ online skills -1
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My tuppence worth is that Facebook and twitter are not required for a techie and in fact a lot of tech firms don't like their staff on these (too much chance of staff saying something bad about the company or letting slip something the company didn't want public) - most do like LinkedIn however
but I doubt there is much of a stain two the other nowadays (unless you have stuff that you wouldn't like them to know - bit like griffs 100 hot sheep page)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Well I am on LinkedIn not that it gets much use. I have to agree with your comments regarding Farcebook & Twatter.
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I got some visits based on my LinkedIn profile...So it can help if you have some nice things out-there...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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None of it, if I were you.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Well, if they want to they can find me on LinkedIn, Farcebook (but I wouldn't want them too!) & Codeproject, my latest version of CV has a link to an article I wrote (& good feeback!). So I'm not totally invisible, just not very exposed. (I have managed to avoid uploading pictures of each meal, including photos of myself p***ed out my brain etc.)...
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In the US (and perhaps other countries), companies have been asking prospective employees for their social media profiles as part of a standard background check. Some companies are curious if you have a technical blog or contribute to open source projects, as this weighs in your favor.
/ravi
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They can ask all they want -- they're not going to get my FB credentials from me. If they have a private dick hack into my FB, they'll see that it's quite benign (I got my wild days behind me before FB was even a gleam in Zuck's eye). The point is, I would never work for a company that wants to see my FB page. Fortunately, I have only ever been interviewed at companies with reasonable boundaries.
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They don't ask for your credentials, just your handle.
/ravi
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I guess they do that now instead of asking for 3 references?
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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3 references, 2 two no problem, I just have a problem do I trust the other??? 
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glennPattonPUB wrote: If I'm applying for a Techie job, do I really need to be on
No.
Next question
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Thank You. That's what I thought.
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IMHO, CP, SO, MSDN or any other relevant profile, yes. Twitter and FB only if you are running your own company and had a dedicated company account there. I do not have any links anywhere on my CV. However, I do have a LinkedIn profile with links to CP and SO in it. I do not use Twitter and FB (anymore). When I did, I thought that content has nothing to do with my job.
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glennPattonPUB wrote: If I'm applying for a Techie job, do I really need to be on [...]
If that's now become a requirement, I've missed the memo.
I wouldn't even want to work for anyone who sincerely believes it's necessary either.
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No.
But it has been ten years since I got a job by directly applying to the employer.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Quote: No.
Well I am grateful for that. I think it's all part of 'sell yourself' culture.
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glennPattonPUB wrote: 'sell yourself short'
FTFY
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I once read that NOT being visible could hurt your chances.
Employers will try to find you. If they can't you must have something to hide (like you're an evicted criminal).
That said I don't have FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, What-have-you...
Googling my name will probably come up with my CP account, some articles I wrote for VBCentral.nl, my master thesis from the Erasmus University and if I'm lucky the book Expert C# 5.0 turns up because I'm in the acknowledgements.
I do have more accounts, like Last.fm, but you'll need to know my internet moniker to find those (also not that hard to find I guess, I've been using it on CP as well).
But I've got nothing to hide 
It's an OO world.
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I would strongly recommend LinkedIn, it is a professional social media site dedicated to jobs. In this day and age LinkedIn is extremely valuable for software engineers (or any IT field really), and it's an excellent advertisement tool (employers and recruitment agencies troll through LinkedIn frequently).
Facebook, Twitter etc. is stupid. Facebook should be your own private profile for family and friends and theres no value in giving this to an employer other than allowing them to snoop through your page to find bad things about you. Maybe Twitter is useful to a company focused on advertising itself, but most jobs I've been in and seen would never like to know that you have the opportunity to accidently share company info etc.
The only other sites you could use is www.about.me which is quite useful as a front advert for yourself, or make your own website to display your portfolio (or don't if you don't have one).
Protip: You should have your CV on Skydrive. You can then share your CV with a single weblink, which will open up Office Word online to view. It's shocking how many times I've had to send a CV in the email and suddenly a recruitment agent couldn't open it or some bollocks.
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I think the end result of this was not to put Farcebook on there (not that it get used by me!). I hadn't thought of the Skydrive CV, I have mine on Dropbox and tend to include it as an attachment. I did at one stage PDF it but found the 'geniuses' couldn't handle that...  I am including my Linked In page, I just don't see the point of giving out all your personal info (pictures of you drunk at weddings, friends curries etc.) as relevant...
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Probably a case of: monkey see; monkey do (do).
(I used to just repeat what my teachers said; even if I disagreed; in order to get a good mark).
If your prospective employer is into FB; then farce away.
If they're twits, etc.
If they like to collect links like fleas on a dog; then "link" away.
i.e. It's how you best you can fit into their "culture" (gag).
Also, be wary of their "we are a YOUNG company" phrase...
"I would not join any organization that would have me as a member".
Or anyone that lists .NET AND Java (or SQL Server AND MySQL; etc.) as a requirement.
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