Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In

Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In by bootload on Saturday September 08, 2012 @11:30PM (#4494813)

"... The karma you get there is helpful to demonstrate to employers how well you can help others ..."

That's the impression I got listening to all the SO podcasts. A quick search found this article, "Stack Overflow Careers: Amplifying Your Awesome" http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/11/stack-overflow-care... and this quote:

    'If you're actively participating on Stack 
    Overflow, we now have another way to convert 
    those slices of effort into something that 
    actively furthers your professional goals 
    Stack Overflow Careers.' Coding Horror.

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Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In by monksy on Saturday September 08, 2012 @11:42PM (#4494842)

Its easier to make a comparision of accounts if the employer is using Stackoverflow Careers. But if you have a general reference to your rep amounts on your resume thats much more difficult to explain why you don't have a decent amount of rep, or if the employer is clever.. they may notice a difference in rep from an older copy of your resume and current.

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Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In by bootload on Sunday September 09, 2012 @12:50AM (#4494977)

"... if the employer is clever.. they may notice a difference in rep from an older copy of your resume and current. ..."

may/maynot & explainable. Would and employer look at a third party like that without looking closer at the candidate? Or are they using the suspect rep numbers as a basis of exclusion?

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