Former newspaper exec probably: "I would never hire someone who started out writing a blog"

I don’t think that’s quite equivalent unless all bloggers are somehow furthering a scam whereby they make the currently ultra-wealthy more ultra-wealthy at the expense of late-comers while also fueling the destruction of the environment through the intentional wasting of resources (proof of work).

I would never join a club that allowed people like as its members - Groucho

You might be surprised to learn that most of these people have no interest in working for you either.

Good, looks like our interests align, so there should be no problem then.