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submitted 1 year ago by gumgum@programming.dev to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev

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I'm extremely scared my career is fucked. My GitHub username is linked to my real identity. However if someone were to search my username up, the reddit profile of someone who posts regularly on porn subs and tweets inflammatory political shit appears.

Searching my name brings up that GitHub. I changed my username on GitHub, but searching my name still shows some Chinese github archival site that links me and my old GitHub name together. I tried emailing the admin and he won't remove it. There's no plausible deniability because that site also lists my projects.

My name is also very unique. I'm so scared. This has been stressing me out for the past few weeks.

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[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lol. You are fine.

If it ever comes up (and I doubt it ever will), the answer is a simple "that's not me".

The Internet is a chaotic place. Name collisions are common. Professionals understand this.

[–] gumgum@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Normally I'd think so, but my name is very uncommon. Like I'm the only one with my first name in my city on linkedin.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

But the world has a few more cities than one.

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm saying that it does not matter.

There could only be two people in the world with your name, you and the other guy, and the situation is the same. "That's not me" is the only thing you need to say. Professionals will understand.