| I kind of agree with the author. There's also a lot of garbage content online and the problem with: > I don't have anything interesting to say is that people who truly don't have anything interesting to say often don't have the self-awareness to think like that. I used to have a blog. Actually, multiple blogs back in the mid aughts and I've learned the following: - from a game theory perspective, unless you're really good and have truly interesting things to say, you'll be better off not saying anything as you only have things to lose. You're only increasing your 'attack surface' for stalkers, future job prospects, etc.. It's very hard to keep things to yourself especially when you start having a following and then you start to overshare, push out some ideas some might find controversial or even ideas which become controversial as time goes by. You're better off just not saying shit. - if you have a dry technical blog which may help some poor souls only searching for a technical solution then go for it. But don't try to make a career out of it. - if you work for a BigCo, you need to self-censor big time. Anything you say can be associated with your workplace (regardless of your disclaimer) and get you in hot water. - even if you are anonymous, that's not a guarantee you won't get doxxed (see Slate Star Codex as an example). - if you think it will help your job prospects, even if you have a dry emotionless uncontroversial blog, think again. Nobody actually gives a shit about your blog except if you're on a very VERY narrow technology niche with few professionals. I don't know about others, but in most of my employment efforts, hiring gauntlet maintainers barely care about your actual experience and your blog is not even a data point. |