Comments on: Web Sites, Blogs Can Boost Your Career

By: Bithead

Bithead — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:14:35 +0000

Well, when you're runninga political blog, you've got about a 50/50 chance of pissing off your prospective employer, if the current numbers are correct. And of those, they'll either love you or hate you. THere tends to be no middle of the road, here.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 01:48:20 +0000

Well, blogging got me a job at Duke, so it can't be that bad... although I realize I'm an extreme outlier in this regard.

By: Scott Gosnell

Scott Gosnell — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:54:41 +0000

Yup. I long ago gave up on any hope of being confirmed to a federal judgeship. Oh well -- there's always that career as a teenage rock star.

By: Laurence Simon

Laurence Simon — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:47:42 +0000

Yeah, it's really helped me out of my dead-end career. Woohoo.

(snore)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:17:06 +0000

Any political position one stakes out on one's site has the potential to damage one's prospects of landing a job with a given employer.

Main reason I don't (readily) give away who I am :-)