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First of all, I'm sorry if it's not the good SE site for asking this but I think it's relevant.

So I'm a young post graduate and I'm going to start my PhD soon. I have that blog/site on WordPress where I like to post stuff. It's a lot of technical stuff, some about my travels and other just about my opinion/health/life experience stuff. It's very broad but I have more "technical stuff" than anything else.

I like to use this to "advertise" myself. It doesn't have a lot of views per months (and that's not the point) but the technical content is sometime very relevant to the kind of work I want to. I mostly use it as a journal to remember what I did and how I did it but I think it can be a great "vitrine".
I never asked myself this question before but, since I went through hiring process recently and I gave a link on my CV to this site, I was wondering :

Is it better to have two separate sites ? One for "work related/non personal stuff" and another for the rest ? From a HR point of view, is it an good/neutral thing or am I taking a risk, knowing that the personal opinion stuff is completely irrelevant to my future work ?

It seems hard for me to know where is the limit between what is acceptable or not. As much as talking about travels seems good, talking about X event happening at X location might be a "bad" idea as I think I could get judged by the future interviewer, not being of the same opinion.

So what would be the pro and cons of having a professional website and a personal one as opposed to having a "all in one" site ?

Thanks,
Best

interviewing websites

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closed as primarily opinion-based by Chris E, IDrinkandIKnowThings, gnat, Jenny D, Garrison Neely Mar 10 '15 at 15:08

Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

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  I wouldn't show a website that has a wordpress.com extension. Keep it professional when looking for a job.
  – Cesare
  Mar 6 '15 at 6:17
  

  
  
  
  


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  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about navigating the workplace as described in the help center.
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  Mar 6 '15 at 16:14
  

  
  
  
  

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First of all, I'm sorry if it's not the good SE site for asking this but I think it's relevant.

So I'm a young post graduate and I'm going to start my PhD soon. I have that blog/site on WordPress where I like to post stuff. It's a lot of technical stuff, some about my travels and other just about my opinion/health/life experience stuff. It's very broad but I have more "technical stuff" than anything else.

I like to use this to "advertise" myself. It doesn't have a lot of views per months (and that's not the point) but the technical content is sometime very relevant to the kind of work I want to. I mostly use it as a journal to remember what I did and how I did it but I think it can be a great "vitrine".
I never asked myself this question before but, since I went through hiring process recently and I gave a link on my CV to this site, I was wondering :

Is it better to have two separate sites ? One for "work related/non personal stuff" and another for the rest ? From a HR point of view, is it an good/neutral thing or am I taking a risk, knowing that the personal opinion stuff is completely irrelevant to my future work ?

It seems hard for me to know where is the limit between what is acceptable or not. As much as talking about travels seems good, talking about X event happening at X location might be a "bad" idea as I think I could get judged by the future interviewer, not being of the same opinion.

So what would be the pro and cons of having a professional website and a personal one as opposed to having a "all in one" site ?

Thanks,
Best

interviewing websites

share|improve this question

edited Mar 6 '15 at 0:48

asked Mar 6 '15 at 0:22

Malcolm

1165

closed as primarily opinion-based by Chris E, IDrinkandIKnowThings, gnat, Jenny D, Garrison Neely Mar 10 '15 at 15:08

Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

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  I wouldn't show a website that has a wordpress.com extension. Keep it professional when looking for a job.
  – Cesare
  Mar 6 '15 at 6:17
  

  
  
  
  


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  related: How much do interviewers look into your websites/blogs?
  – gnat
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:25
  

  
  
  
  


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  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about navigating the workplace as described in the help center.
  – IDrinkandIKnowThings
  Mar 6 '15 at 16:14
  

  
  
  
  

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First of all, I'm sorry if it's not the good SE site for asking this but I think it's relevant.

So I'm a young post graduate and I'm going to start my PhD soon. I have that blog/site on WordPress where I like to post stuff. It's a lot of technical stuff, some about my travels and other just about my opinion/health/life experience stuff. It's very broad but I have more "technical stuff" than anything else.

I like to use this to "advertise" myself. It doesn't have a lot of views per months (and that's not the point) but the technical content is sometime very relevant to the kind of work I want to. I mostly use it as a journal to remember what I did and how I did it but I think it can be a great "vitrine".
I never asked myself this question before but, since I went through hiring process recently and I gave a link on my CV to this site, I was wondering :

Is it better to have two separate sites ? One for "work related/non personal stuff" and another for the rest ? From a HR point of view, is it an good/neutral thing or am I taking a risk, knowing that the personal opinion stuff is completely irrelevant to my future work ?

It seems hard for me to know where is the limit between what is acceptable or not. As much as talking about travels seems good, talking about X event happening at X location might be a "bad" idea as I think I could get judged by the future interviewer, not being of the same opinion.

So what would be the pro and cons of having a professional website and a personal one as opposed to having a "all in one" site ?

Thanks,
Best

interviewing websites

share|improve this question

edited Mar 6 '15 at 0:48

asked Mar 6 '15 at 0:22

Malcolm

1165

First of all, I'm sorry if it's not the good SE site for asking this but I think it's relevant.

So I'm a young post graduate and I'm going to start my PhD soon. I have that blog/site on WordPress where I like to post stuff. It's a lot of technical stuff, some about my travels and other just about my opinion/health/life experience stuff. It's very broad but I have more "technical stuff" than anything else.

I like to use this to "advertise" myself. It doesn't have a lot of views per months (and that's not the point) but the technical content is sometime very relevant to the kind of work I want to. I mostly use it as a journal to remember what I did and how I did it but I think it can be a great "vitrine".
I never asked myself this question before but, since I went through hiring process recently and I gave a link on my CV to this site, I was wondering :

Is it better to have two separate sites ? One for "work related/non personal stuff" and another for the rest ? From a HR point of view, is it an good/neutral thing or am I taking a risk, knowing that the personal opinion stuff is completely irrelevant to my future work ?

It seems hard for me to know where is the limit between what is acceptable or not. As much as talking about travels seems good, talking about X event happening at X location might be a "bad" idea as I think I could get judged by the future interviewer, not being of the same opinion.

So what would be the pro and cons of having a professional website and a personal one as opposed to having a "all in one" site ?

Thanks,
Best

interviewing websites

share|improve this question

edited Mar 6 '15 at 0:48

asked Mar 6 '15 at 0:22

Malcolm

1165

share|improve this question

share|improve this question

edited Mar 6 '15 at 0:48

edited Mar 6 '15 at 0:48

edited Mar 6 '15 at 0:48

asked Mar 6 '15 at 0:22

Malcolm

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asked Mar 6 '15 at 0:22

Malcolm

1165

asked Mar 6 '15 at 0:22

Malcolm

1165

1165

closed as primarily opinion-based by Chris E, IDrinkandIKnowThings, gnat, Jenny D, Garrison Neely Mar 10 '15 at 15:08

Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

closed as primarily opinion-based by Chris E, IDrinkandIKnowThings, gnat, Jenny D, Garrison Neely Mar 10 '15 at 15:08

Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I wouldn't show a website that has a wordpress.com extension. Keep it professional when looking for a job.
  – Cesare
  Mar 6 '15 at 6:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  related: How much do interviewers look into your websites/blogs?
  – gnat
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:25
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about navigating the workplace as described in the help center.
  – IDrinkandIKnowThings
  Mar 6 '15 at 16:14
  

  
  
  
  

suggest improvements | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I wouldn't show a website that has a wordpress.com extension. Keep it professional when looking for a job.
  – Cesare
  Mar 6 '15 at 6:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  related: How much do interviewers look into your websites/blogs?
  – gnat
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:25
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about navigating the workplace as described in the help center.
  – IDrinkandIKnowThings
  Mar 6 '15 at 16:14
  

  
  
  
  

I wouldn't show a website that has a wordpress.com extension. Keep it professional when looking for a job.
– Cesare
Mar 6 '15 at 6:17

I wouldn't show a website that has a wordpress.com extension. Keep it professional when looking for a job.
– Cesare
Mar 6 '15 at 6:17

related: How much do interviewers look into your websites/blogs?
– gnat
Mar 6 '15 at 8:25

related: How much do interviewers look into your websites/blogs?
– gnat
Mar 6 '15 at 8:25

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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about navigating the workplace as described in the help center.
– IDrinkandIKnowThings
Mar 6 '15 at 16:14

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about navigating the workplace as described in the help center.
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First Point: If your views affect your chances of landing a job in the company, then that company has a poor system in Human Resources.

What you view and how you critique a food or place should not have an effect on your chances of being hired. They hire you for your skills and experiences on the job field, not your opinion on whether the Korean Kim-chi was too hot or too sweet. If they take this into consideration, then you won't have people there that the company likes, you have people there that the HR likes. I doubt professional HR Personnel won't mind your preferences, as long as they are not too extreme or too obscene.

But...

Second Point: People want to see your skills straight-forward.

So don't rely too much on your site to show the HR on your accomplishments. These would work better when you have landed an interview with your "would-be" boss or supervisor. If your "Non_work" stuff floods the site instead of "Work" Stuff, then you should create a separate site.

That is, of course, your main use of the site is to show your prospects what you are capable of.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

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  Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:21
  

  
  
  
  

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As with all things, it depends.

If you want your site to show off your technical skills, having a dedicated technology site is probably the best case if only because it makes it easier for interviewers and potential colleagues to browse through the posts you want them looking at without needing to look at the posts that don't have any technical information. What you probably need to look at, though, is how much better separate sites are to you vs. how much of a pain it is to keep two sites separate. That's likely a much closer call.

What fraction of the posts are technical content? If "more 'technical stuff' than anything" means that 99% of the posts are technical with 1% other, that would lean toward keeping a single site. The other content isn't likely to get in the way of someone that wants to browse just the technical bits. On the other hand, if it's more like a 60% technical content/ 40% other split, that probably leans toward keeping a separate site since it's likely that someone may end up looking at quite a few posts that don't do anything to show your technology skills particularly if they're browsing over a date range.

What sort of "opinion/ health/ life experience" content are you posting? No one is likely to bat an eye if you have the occasional post about a trip you took while on vacation accompanied by some photographs of the local landmarks. On the other hand, if a significant fraction of your opinion posts are dealing with controversial political questions or personal religious thoughts, giving potential interviewers a link to your site may come across as much more aggressive than you probably intend. If you're making occasional health-related posts about training for a 10k, that's very different than posting about struggling with a chronic disease-- one is likely to humanize you for a potential interviewer, the other is likely to make an interviewer a bit uncomfortable about knowing too much about your personal life before you've even met.

How big a deal is it to you to maintain two separate sites? Presumably, there would be a fair amount of effort initially to separate the technical and non-technical posts. As an ongoing effort, though, are you likely to find it annoying to switch back and forth constantly? Are you going to have posts that could go on either site? If the benefits are minimal, these costs probably outweigh the benefits. If the benefits are larger, the effort is probably worthwhile.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

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  Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:19
  

  
  
  
  

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2 Answers
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active

oldest

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active

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accepted

First Point: If your views affect your chances of landing a job in the company, then that company has a poor system in Human Resources.

What you view and how you critique a food or place should not have an effect on your chances of being hired. They hire you for your skills and experiences on the job field, not your opinion on whether the Korean Kim-chi was too hot or too sweet. If they take this into consideration, then you won't have people there that the company likes, you have people there that the HR likes. I doubt professional HR Personnel won't mind your preferences, as long as they are not too extreme or too obscene.

But...

Second Point: People want to see your skills straight-forward.

So don't rely too much on your site to show the HR on your accomplishments. These would work better when you have landed an interview with your "would-be" boss or supervisor. If your "Non_work" stuff floods the site instead of "Work" Stuff, then you should create a separate site.

That is, of course, your main use of the site is to show your prospects what you are capable of.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

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  Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:21
  

  
  
  
  

suggest improvements | 

up vote
2
down vote



accepted

First Point: If your views affect your chances of landing a job in the company, then that company has a poor system in Human Resources.

What you view and how you critique a food or place should not have an effect on your chances of being hired. They hire you for your skills and experiences on the job field, not your opinion on whether the Korean Kim-chi was too hot or too sweet. If they take this into consideration, then you won't have people there that the company likes, you have people there that the HR likes. I doubt professional HR Personnel won't mind your preferences, as long as they are not too extreme or too obscene.

But...

Second Point: People want to see your skills straight-forward.

So don't rely too much on your site to show the HR on your accomplishments. These would work better when you have landed an interview with your "would-be" boss or supervisor. If your "Non_work" stuff floods the site instead of "Work" Stuff, then you should create a separate site.

That is, of course, your main use of the site is to show your prospects what you are capable of.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

361

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  Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:21
  

  
  
  
  

suggest improvements | 

up vote
2
down vote



accepted

up vote
2
down vote



accepted

First Point: If your views affect your chances of landing a job in the company, then that company has a poor system in Human Resources.

What you view and how you critique a food or place should not have an effect on your chances of being hired. They hire you for your skills and experiences on the job field, not your opinion on whether the Korean Kim-chi was too hot or too sweet. If they take this into consideration, then you won't have people there that the company likes, you have people there that the HR likes. I doubt professional HR Personnel won't mind your preferences, as long as they are not too extreme or too obscene.

But...

Second Point: People want to see your skills straight-forward.

So don't rely too much on your site to show the HR on your accomplishments. These would work better when you have landed an interview with your "would-be" boss or supervisor. If your "Non_work" stuff floods the site instead of "Work" Stuff, then you should create a separate site.

That is, of course, your main use of the site is to show your prospects what you are capable of.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

361

First Point: If your views affect your chances of landing a job in the company, then that company has a poor system in Human Resources.

What you view and how you critique a food or place should not have an effect on your chances of being hired. They hire you for your skills and experiences on the job field, not your opinion on whether the Korean Kim-chi was too hot or too sweet. If they take this into consideration, then you won't have people there that the company likes, you have people there that the HR likes. I doubt professional HR Personnel won't mind your preferences, as long as they are not too extreme or too obscene.

But...

Second Point: People want to see your skills straight-forward.

So don't rely too much on your site to show the HR on your accomplishments. These would work better when you have landed an interview with your "would-be" boss or supervisor. If your "Non_work" stuff floods the site instead of "Work" Stuff, then you should create a separate site.

That is, of course, your main use of the site is to show your prospects what you are capable of.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 3:24

DarkThunder

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  Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:21
  

  
  
  
  

suggest improvements | 

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  Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:21
  

  
  
  
  

1

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Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
– Malcolm
Mar 6 '15 at 8:21

Thanks a lot for your answer.The main use wasn't to show to my prospects so I will just not rely much on it and do as you suggested seems the best (with the "would-be" boss).
– Malcolm
Mar 6 '15 at 8:21

suggest improvements | 

up vote
2
down vote

As with all things, it depends.

If you want your site to show off your technical skills, having a dedicated technology site is probably the best case if only because it makes it easier for interviewers and potential colleagues to browse through the posts you want them looking at without needing to look at the posts that don't have any technical information. What you probably need to look at, though, is how much better separate sites are to you vs. how much of a pain it is to keep two sites separate. That's likely a much closer call.

What fraction of the posts are technical content? If "more 'technical stuff' than anything" means that 99% of the posts are technical with 1% other, that would lean toward keeping a single site. The other content isn't likely to get in the way of someone that wants to browse just the technical bits. On the other hand, if it's more like a 60% technical content/ 40% other split, that probably leans toward keeping a separate site since it's likely that someone may end up looking at quite a few posts that don't do anything to show your technology skills particularly if they're browsing over a date range.

What sort of "opinion/ health/ life experience" content are you posting? No one is likely to bat an eye if you have the occasional post about a trip you took while on vacation accompanied by some photographs of the local landmarks. On the other hand, if a significant fraction of your opinion posts are dealing with controversial political questions or personal religious thoughts, giving potential interviewers a link to your site may come across as much more aggressive than you probably intend. If you're making occasional health-related posts about training for a 10k, that's very different than posting about struggling with a chronic disease-- one is likely to humanize you for a potential interviewer, the other is likely to make an interviewer a bit uncomfortable about knowing too much about your personal life before you've even met.

How big a deal is it to you to maintain two separate sites? Presumably, there would be a fair amount of effort initially to separate the technical and non-technical posts. As an ongoing effort, though, are you likely to find it annoying to switch back and forth constantly? Are you going to have posts that could go on either site? If the benefits are minimal, these costs probably outweigh the benefits. If the benefits are larger, the effort is probably worthwhile.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

34.8k9112136

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  Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:19
  

  
  
  
  

suggest improvements | 

up vote
2
down vote

As with all things, it depends.

If you want your site to show off your technical skills, having a dedicated technology site is probably the best case if only because it makes it easier for interviewers and potential colleagues to browse through the posts you want them looking at without needing to look at the posts that don't have any technical information. What you probably need to look at, though, is how much better separate sites are to you vs. how much of a pain it is to keep two sites separate. That's likely a much closer call.

What fraction of the posts are technical content? If "more 'technical stuff' than anything" means that 99% of the posts are technical with 1% other, that would lean toward keeping a single site. The other content isn't likely to get in the way of someone that wants to browse just the technical bits. On the other hand, if it's more like a 60% technical content/ 40% other split, that probably leans toward keeping a separate site since it's likely that someone may end up looking at quite a few posts that don't do anything to show your technology skills particularly if they're browsing over a date range.

What sort of "opinion/ health/ life experience" content are you posting? No one is likely to bat an eye if you have the occasional post about a trip you took while on vacation accompanied by some photographs of the local landmarks. On the other hand, if a significant fraction of your opinion posts are dealing with controversial political questions or personal religious thoughts, giving potential interviewers a link to your site may come across as much more aggressive than you probably intend. If you're making occasional health-related posts about training for a 10k, that's very different than posting about struggling with a chronic disease-- one is likely to humanize you for a potential interviewer, the other is likely to make an interviewer a bit uncomfortable about knowing too much about your personal life before you've even met.

How big a deal is it to you to maintain two separate sites? Presumably, there would be a fair amount of effort initially to separate the technical and non-technical posts. As an ongoing effort, though, are you likely to find it annoying to switch back and forth constantly? Are you going to have posts that could go on either site? If the benefits are minimal, these costs probably outweigh the benefits. If the benefits are larger, the effort is probably worthwhile.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

34.8k9112136

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  Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
  – Malcolm
  Mar 6 '15 at 8:19
  

  
  
  
  

suggest improvements | 

up vote
2
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up vote
2
down vote

As with all things, it depends.

If you want your site to show off your technical skills, having a dedicated technology site is probably the best case if only because it makes it easier for interviewers and potential colleagues to browse through the posts you want them looking at without needing to look at the posts that don't have any technical information. What you probably need to look at, though, is how much better separate sites are to you vs. how much of a pain it is to keep two sites separate. That's likely a much closer call.

What fraction of the posts are technical content? If "more 'technical stuff' than anything" means that 99% of the posts are technical with 1% other, that would lean toward keeping a single site. The other content isn't likely to get in the way of someone that wants to browse just the technical bits. On the other hand, if it's more like a 60% technical content/ 40% other split, that probably leans toward keeping a separate site since it's likely that someone may end up looking at quite a few posts that don't do anything to show your technology skills particularly if they're browsing over a date range.

What sort of "opinion/ health/ life experience" content are you posting? No one is likely to bat an eye if you have the occasional post about a trip you took while on vacation accompanied by some photographs of the local landmarks. On the other hand, if a significant fraction of your opinion posts are dealing with controversial political questions or personal religious thoughts, giving potential interviewers a link to your site may come across as much more aggressive than you probably intend. If you're making occasional health-related posts about training for a 10k, that's very different than posting about struggling with a chronic disease-- one is likely to humanize you for a potential interviewer, the other is likely to make an interviewer a bit uncomfortable about knowing too much about your personal life before you've even met.

How big a deal is it to you to maintain two separate sites? Presumably, there would be a fair amount of effort initially to separate the technical and non-technical posts. As an ongoing effort, though, are you likely to find it annoying to switch back and forth constantly? Are you going to have posts that could go on either site? If the benefits are minimal, these costs probably outweigh the benefits. If the benefits are larger, the effort is probably worthwhile.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

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As with all things, it depends.

If you want your site to show off your technical skills, having a dedicated technology site is probably the best case if only because it makes it easier for interviewers and potential colleagues to browse through the posts you want them looking at without needing to look at the posts that don't have any technical information. What you probably need to look at, though, is how much better separate sites are to you vs. how much of a pain it is to keep two sites separate. That's likely a much closer call.

What fraction of the posts are technical content? If "more 'technical stuff' than anything" means that 99% of the posts are technical with 1% other, that would lean toward keeping a single site. The other content isn't likely to get in the way of someone that wants to browse just the technical bits. On the other hand, if it's more like a 60% technical content/ 40% other split, that probably leans toward keeping a separate site since it's likely that someone may end up looking at quite a few posts that don't do anything to show your technology skills particularly if they're browsing over a date range.

What sort of "opinion/ health/ life experience" content are you posting? No one is likely to bat an eye if you have the occasional post about a trip you took while on vacation accompanied by some photographs of the local landmarks. On the other hand, if a significant fraction of your opinion posts are dealing with controversial political questions or personal religious thoughts, giving potential interviewers a link to your site may come across as much more aggressive than you probably intend. If you're making occasional health-related posts about training for a 10k, that's very different than posting about struggling with a chronic disease-- one is likely to humanize you for a potential interviewer, the other is likely to make an interviewer a bit uncomfortable about knowing too much about your personal life before you've even met.

How big a deal is it to you to maintain two separate sites? Presumably, there would be a fair amount of effort initially to separate the technical and non-technical posts. As an ongoing effort, though, are you likely to find it annoying to switch back and forth constantly? Are you going to have posts that could go on either site? If the benefits are minimal, these costs probably outweigh the benefits. If the benefits are larger, the effort is probably worthwhile.

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

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answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

34.8k9112136

answered Mar 6 '15 at 4:28

Justin Cave

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34.8k9112136

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  Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
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  Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
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Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
– Malcolm
Mar 6 '15 at 8:19

Thanks a lot ! I think it's more 95% 5% and it's not worth the hassle of having two sites. At least for now. Sadly the 5% posts were more on the controversial//chronic stuff... I think I'll just not share the website, only maybe with the "would-be" boss and to directly show a certain posts, as suggested by @DarkThunder
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