[gregthompsonjr]

Oh, and I forgot: I checked out your Twitter account. You should really consider putting that on private. The stuff about slavery and whatnot, although agreeable in some circles, may not sit right in the circles you want to impress. And yes, people do check.

Hide all social media you own unless it has to do with code and it's clean. No one really needs to know about your atheism and your thoughts on the caveats of modern society. Despite being unable to deny someone of employment based on such opinions, people do. All someone would have to do with you is say "he doesn't qualify because of his level of education," when all they really mean is, "I hate people with his political/religious views."

Take your job search as seriously as possible.

[rab_oof]

Yup. Do that all anonymously. Anyone that is socially Googleable is hard to hire unless the goal is to go into hard blogging/journalism like vice or the intercept. If you do use strong language or make bold claims, be sure to have mountains of solid evidence to crush detractors that will be left only the desperation of ad hominems and style bikeshedding.

[jessehorne]

Oh yes, this is something I've slipped up on. I get so pumped up sometimes I feel a need to share it with the world. Unfortunately I'm not trying to be a social media star, so I do need to keep it private. Thank you for reminding me.

[rab_oof]

Use the search engine remove url tools to get rid of stuff after you've cleaned up. Each major search engine usually has a way to do that. It won't erase Twitter and internet archives, but it's a start.

[dec0dedab0de]

While from a purely practical standpoint you are correct, it makes me cringe to read it. I am always reminded of http://xkcd.com/137/

[jessehorne]

I see stuff like this and it inspires me to spread my opinions, but then they end up getting deleted down the line once I am convinced that it is bad for my future. It happens! I love xkcd btw, thanks for reminding me of that one.