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The Repercussions of Blogging
hende_jman writes "How much should you be allowed to say in a public blog? There's an article on CNN that looks at different situations in which people have been fired for blogging about their company. The main issue brought seems not to be one of a lack of trust (blogs, after all, are most often public), but rather a lack of policy outlining repercussions for negative blogging about one's company."
WTF does that mean?
My blog (full of cobwebs) are stories about me, not my employer. I'd fully expect to be fired if I told the story about
NO CARRIER
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.
So, what do you do?
I'm an engineer at leading Search Engine Company.
So.. how's your job.
I'm sorry, but I'm not at liberty to discuss that.
Is there any subjects people should study if they want to work at Google?
I cannot confirm nor deny that I work at Google. As for subjects to take, I cannot divulge any technolgy which may or may not be employed in my work.
Do you like your job?
Sorry ma'am, don't ask don't tell.
Before we continue with this discussion, I propose that we wrap Jefferson's remains in a dynamo. Then, when he starts rolling around in his grave, we can all benefit from this endless free power resource.
Cheers,
Adolfo
TACO: Do you read and write proper English?
ZONK: Well, not really.
TACO: Do you have an inflated sense of self-worth? That is, would you refer to yourself as a "journalist" in an interview with Microsoft's security guy even though all you do is click a button to post user-submitted stories in a web queue?
ZONK: Sure, I can do that.
TACO: When's the last time you read the Slashdot front page?
ZONK: About a week ago.
TACO: YOU'RE HIRED!
Waitaminit- are you saying I should NOT have used my blog to post photos of me and the bosses' daughter at it on top of the copy machine?
Rule number 3: Don't get caught breaking rule number 1 or rule number 2!
Joke away, sparky - I once went to an interview like that at Logitech. We were paired off with existing employees for an informal chat about their jobs. The guy I got worked in the space eqpt division at Cambridge(?) and wasn't allowed to tell me anything about his work :).
He did say he enjoyed it though.
Didn't you see Office Space? It's that sort of "out of the box" thinking that gets you promoted.
Some people say bad things about my COmpany, but not me. My boss is an absolute saint, and my coworkers are knowledgable about software and increDibly talented. really I feel blessed, in that I have a job for life, and my stock purchase plan can only increase in value.
People are sometimes envious, and ask me how i was lucky enough to leverage my skills into an exciting company like SCO, to which I reply, "I'm just lucky, I guess!"
Obligitory Seinfeld reference:
No. Using the copy machine for personal purposes is almost certainly against company policy.
The cake is a pie
That was a true classic.
If it wasn't so long, I'd print it in blood on rabbit hide and nail it too the wall of my cubicle.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
But he's servicing his boss's daughter. Depending on what she looks like, he could be "taking one for the team," as the saying goes.
You have two examples of blogs, one about a woman that describes her sex life and another about tsunamis, and you post a link to the one about TSUNAMIS??? That's just cruel.
Well color me clueless. I thought that in the current job market you could not be an egotistical software engineer, since there is no shortage of engineers. This story sounds like something from the 1990s.
But perhaps it is just that I am a humble mortal of minimal skills and this is why I have this impression.
I do have a personal website that I use to promote who I am and I do try to get employers to look at it. There are a few things I want them to take from it:
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a) I am a well rounded person.
b) I like to do a diverse range of things
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and then your sig:
I've spent my money on booze, women, drugs, and the rest I just wasted mnewberg.com
Just pray your employer doesn't read