Ask HN: Would you include your HN username on your resume?

Re:Ask HN: Would you include your HN username on your resume? by jonnathanson on Thursday November 19, 2015 @11:35AM (#10595704)

HN is very well known to a subset of the high-tech community, not necessarily limited to the SF Bay Area by any means, but probably concentrated there. It is less well known outside of that region, and generally unheard of outside the tech industry.

I would not expect an HN username to do much good on a resume unless, as JM suggests, you are applying to a YC-backed company.

On the flipside, the kind of company that considers your HN username a compelling data point on your resume is probably a fun company to work for. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Would you include your HN username on your resume? by Peroni on Friday November 20, 2015 @03:42AM (#10600285)

On the flipside, the kind of company that considers your HN username a compelling data point on your resume is probably a fun company to work for.

This is exactly why it doesn't hurt to include it. I live and work in London and if someone applied for one of my jobs and had their HN username on their CV, I would check it out immediately. The fact is, it shows an active interest in the field outside of your day-to-day work. I can't think of any circumstance where it would have a negative impact.

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