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No.
But it has been ten years since I got a job by directly applying to the employer.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Quote: No.
Well I am grateful for that. I think it's all part of 'sell yourself' culture.
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glennPattonPUB wrote: 'sell yourself short'
FTFY
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I once read that NOT being visible could hurt your chances.
Employers will try to find you. If they can't you must have something to hide (like you're an evicted criminal).
That said I don't have FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, What-have-you...
Googling my name will probably come up with my CP account, some articles I wrote for VBCentral.nl, my master thesis from the Erasmus University and if I'm lucky the book Expert C# 5.0 turns up because I'm in the acknowledgements.
I do have more accounts, like Last.fm, but you'll need to know my internet moniker to find those (also not that hard to find I guess, I've been using it on CP as well).
But I've got nothing to hide 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I would strongly recommend LinkedIn, it is a professional social media site dedicated to jobs. In this day and age LinkedIn is extremely valuable for software engineers (or any IT field really), and it's an excellent advertisement tool (employers and recruitment agencies troll through LinkedIn frequently).
Facebook, Twitter etc. is stupid. Facebook should be your own private profile for family and friends and theres no value in giving this to an employer other than allowing them to snoop through your page to find bad things about you. Maybe Twitter is useful to a company focused on advertising itself, but most jobs I've been in and seen would never like to know that you have the opportunity to accidently share company info etc.
The only other sites you could use is www.about.me which is quite useful as a front advert for yourself, or make your own website to display your portfolio (or don't if you don't have one).
Protip: You should have your CV on Skydrive. You can then share your CV with a single weblink, which will open up Office Word online to view. It's shocking how many times I've had to send a CV in the email and suddenly a recruitment agent couldn't open it or some bollocks.
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I think the end result of this was not to put Farcebook on there (not that it get used by me!). I hadn't thought of the Skydrive CV, I have mine on Dropbox and tend to include it as an attachment. I did at one stage PDF it but found the 'geniuses' couldn't handle that...  I am including my Linked In page, I just don't see the point of giving out all your personal info (pictures of you drunk at weddings, friends curries etc.) as relevant...
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Probably a case of: monkey see; monkey do (do).
(I used to just repeat what my teachers said; even if I disagreed; in order to get a good mark).
If your prospective employer is into FB; then farce away.
If they're twits, etc.
If they like to collect links like fleas on a dog; then "link" away.
i.e. It's how you best you can fit into their "culture" (gag).
Also, be wary of their "we are a YOUNG company" phrase...
"I would not join any organization that would have me as a member".
Or anyone that lists .NET AND Java (or SQL Server AND MySQL; etc.) as a requirement.
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Quote: i.e. It's how you best you can fit into their "culture" (gag).
read as they still play D&D at lunch times
Quote: Also, be wary of their "we are a YOUNG company" phrase...
Hmm like "it's a young company", read as will run out of money very shortly.
Quote: Or anyone that lists .NET AND Java (or SQL Server AND MySQL; etc.) as a requirement.
I tend to read that as buzz words. .NET & Java two different methods to pretty much the same end?
The best one is trying to persuade the agent on the phone you are correct and they are incorrect
"The using XY device", "Hmm well XY you mean X or Y as the are two different devices", "Are you sure", "yup!"
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"We are a YOUNG company ..." is code-speak for: "We don't hire anyone over 24".
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Nutz that's me out then! 
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I would put Twitter only if I tweeted about technology, i'll never put Facebook, I have nothing to hide, but I don't want them snooping around there.
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Please.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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OK.
Solved. Now what?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Send him the codez for God's sake. It's urgentz! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Exactly!
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Module Hello
Sub Main()
MsgBox("Hello, World!")
MsgBox("Problem == solved")
End Sub
End Module
codez as requested
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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hey its VB it need to be badly written by definition
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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True.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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I so agree 
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I'm not going to bother to mark the question as answered, or upvote you, but Thx in advance.
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Now, How Do I Fix This...?
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Liquid Nitrogen?
---------------------------------
Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Superglue.
Dalek Dave's got some.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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"Google is your friend." Now, who's tagline is this? 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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