[jgs1]

This is unfortunate but hopefully their experience helps them as they get back into the working world.

In the past 3 months, I signed up and canceled an account. The issue I have with internet points is that whatever the algorithm is that powers the score is ultimately arbitrary. A few days ago I noticed my score dropped by ~10 points and I couldn't figure out why so I canceled. Similar situations have happened on StackOverflow in the past.

This used to upset me until I realized that there's no counter stocked full of silly putty and plastic frogs where I could redeem my points. In hiring instances, I definitely see value in SO and Github because they can expose you to how someone communicates (in both English and code). But I imagine it's a hard sell to market an aggregated score from unaccredited sources.