Ask HN: Is social media useful to your career as a developer?

Posted by mprev on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:31PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm curious to know how people make use of social media in their careers.

For me, Twitter is where I cement connections with people, HN is often where I feel I can check the pulse on a topic, but LinkedIn, Facebook, and others have no bearing on my professional life.

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Re:Ask HN: Is social media useful to your career as a develo... by rvz on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:25PM (#21392764)

If you asked me in 2009, a GitHub would be enough for a developer's portfolio in the context of an open-source developer. Given the mainstream status of Twitter in referencing tweets as "evidence" in online articles or participation in conferences/meetups, it may be wiser to be on Twitter to market yourself as a dev, rather than the rest of the alternatives.

Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Snapchat serve no utility for a single developer but instead benefits better for an organisation.

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Re:Ask HN: Is social media useful to your career as a develo... by catacombs on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:42AM (#21398256)

You don't ~need~ social media, per se. I've made a decent living not relying on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. I hear about good jobs the old fashion way: Through in-person connections.

If anything, email is my social media.

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Re:Ask HN: Is social media useful to your career as a develo... by bitdeep on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:55PM (#21392518)

I'm trying Social Detox, only trying to keep on track with HN and some Reddities.

Abandoned Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc, too much noise.

Trying to keep Twitter, but, Twitter keep you on a social bubble, so, HN is best to capture trends.

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Re:Ask HN: Is social media useful to your career as a develo... by Fr33maan on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @02:22AM (#21395088)

LinkedIn is a big source of career opportunities for me, many recruiters send me messages and some had very interesting offers.

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Re:Ask HN: Is social media useful to your career as a develo... by tyzerdak on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:14PM (#21392674)

I abandoned facebook and twitter year ago. I use hn instead to kill time and watch tv series (the killing, mr robot, sillicon valley, etc)

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