an article leads to an interesting discussion via comments on the impact of blogging (and other persistant network-detritus of your personal life) on getting a job.

for the record: i (a) did list my blog (and stats) on my most recently-written resume, and (b) tend to believe that if an employer is wise enough to google me, he or she are allowed to take into account what they find — and, further, if someone doesn’t want to hire me because i say “fuck” too much on my blog, that’s just as well because i say “fuck” pretty much just as often in real life. as a matter of fact, i’m just about as opinionated and blunt, and self-deprecating and insecure, in real life as i am here. all those times i posted something like “ARRRRRRRRGH,” in bold-faced type? i threw my arms up in the air and shouted it as well — possibly, i also made “i’m going to strangle you/him/her/them” gestures in accompaniment. i’m a very WYSIWYG human.