| ComputerWorld asked a great question this week and it reminded me of the tree-falling-in-the-forest question:If someone searches for you on the Web and comes up empty-handed, do you exist? Tim Bray, director of Web technologies at Sun Microsystems Inc, says,In today’s job market, turning up missing on the Web may not be a fatal flaw, and it’s probably better than having a search result in a photo of you in a hula skirt. But over time, the lack of a Web presence — particularly for IT professionals — may well turn from a neutral to a negative.Bray believes that senior-level candidates looking for jobs with core technology providers should have some type of presence on the web:If someone came looking for a senior-level job and had left no mark on the Internet, I’d see that as a big negative ... most companies would rather have somebody who has demonstrated the propensity to contribute, and one [sign] of that is going out and getting involved, joining in the discussion.”... |
