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Public personal dev accounts: opinions? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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I feel like there are many devs out there who expose a lot of personal details and opinions all over the web. Maybe it's just me, but when starting out with the internet I tried my best to separate my personal details (name, age, sex, country, ethnicity, family ties, relationship status,...) from usernames in public.

Seeing devs do it willingly and voice opinions on divisive or sensitive topics kind of messes with me. Aren't y'all afraid of missing out on job opportunities if someone reads your opinions, code, or other stuff tied to your personal accounts? Or letting anybody (maybe family, friends, acquaintances, ...) in on your personal life, mindset, opinions and other personal information?

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Generally speaking, my approach is "on the internet no one knows you're a dog". I tend to containerize my activity and keep as much PII away from the internet as possible.

I have a few accounts on the fediverse because otherwise the conjunction of regional data, interests and languages would easily identify me. Not that i generally do dumb stuff (but i can easily get flagged if i touch... hot topics, you must pander to certain groups otherwise you're immediately the villain, very free the fediverse), it's just that the internet hasn't quite evolved the way i was expecting it 30 years ago and surveillance capitalism is now a thing, among other factors. I provide as little and as fake information as possible when creating accounts.

As far as the professional sphere goes, all recruiters will ever see is a simple LinkedIn profile. I don't have much time to do pet projects, unfortunately, and certainly wouldn't host them on github - forgejo and codeberg ftw.