[evolvedlight]

I would _never_ hire this candidate, based on seeing this.

So - the author says that he has "developed some good communication skills". Great! Moving on, let's look at his linkedin page. Quotes from past jobs: "even after our idiot (now ex) CEO canceled the platform.", "wonky JavaEE stuff.".

So, as a hiring manager, from this post + linkedin, I now know that this guy: 1) can reach large audiences, 2) trashes past jobs and colleagues publicly. And thus, I would be terrified of hiring the author, as there seems a 50% chance that this will end with my employers being trashed in the same way. That's just not worth it.

OP: Come on, give yourself the chance to be hired by removing that from linkedin.

[stingraycharles]

This is indeed basic psychology [1]: talking bad about other people reflects poorly on _you_, not just the people you're talking about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_contagion

[eganist]

Quoting a previous reply to this thread which was deleted (so I'll omit the commenter's name):

> I don't think it's so bad. Sometimes, you work with idiots.

Just because a person thinks coworkers are idiots doesn't mean the person should pipe up about it. It's one of those communication skills that a person with a ton of experience is expected to learn.

[joshmarinacci]

OP here. I specifically left that part of my CV in because it represents a war story about webOS. Anyone who was a webOS fan knew what I was talking about and agreed with me. It has been a conversation starter with recruiters several times.