An ex-student who's doing very well emailed to say he/she would post to this blog if it weren't for the fact:
the blogosphere is a occupational land mine. Sources are googling me, hurried blog posts complete with typos are coming back to haunt me and I'm not sure how to handle the editorial criticism on personal posts.
Two things:
1) Do others of you feel that way, too?
2) Okay, then create a pseudonym and post away.
Oh. A third thing: If I weren't tenured, I would keep my own mouth shut.
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Hmm, I can see how my use of describing someone as a "douchebag" might haunt me later in life, but bridges have been burned a long time ago, so whatever.
I think we have very stimulating discussions here, and it'd be sad if it hurt somebody's career just because they made a comment.
In short, yes -- blogging can hurt your career.
Case in point: a young lady applied for a job in sales at my company, and after her interview, one of the interviewers looked up her MySpace page. And what was on there? Nothing really outlandish, but definitely enough to give us an idea what she does in her spare time.
I think there is a definite disconnect between the perceived and real levels of anonymousness in cyberspace. As soon as you post a photo or your name, you lose whatever disguise you think you might be hiding behind while online. And even if you think that you can be public some of the time and private some of the time, there will usually be a slip-up somewhere along the way that will come back to bite you.
Don't think it won't happen to you. And if you don't think it will happen to you, hop on over to Google and search for your name.
And one more thing -- this is just in regards to what you are posting yourself -- let's not get into what other people can post about you!
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