Skip to content
Register

I interview people who list this forum on their resume

General Discussion by netop_mares 23 replies 3.1K views
netop_mares

Member OP

#1

Been doing hiring for network ops roles at a mid-size host. The young people sometimes mention this forum. I find it charming. But it cuts both ways.

The good ones. They link to detailed troubleshooting posts. Packet captures. Step by step diagnostics. Those get callbacks every time.

The concerning ones. They list "active community member" with brand loyalty but no technical depth. "I love Vultr" is not a skill. The young people and their cloud nonsense sometimes forget that.

What impresses you in a candidate's community footprint...

RA

Member

#2

Kiddo I been running servers since before you knew what a VM was. Listing forums on resume is shitf+enter level thinking. If they cant explain why their cache hit ratio dropped they aint worth the prorated salary. I have documented this!

ben20

Member

#3

Per section 14.3 of standard employment verification protocol, listing forum participation without attributable technical output constitutes misrepresentation. I have documented this. "Prorated" technical depth is acceptable for junior roles. "Overage" of brand advocacy without substance triggers immediate disqualification. I CC'd myself on this opinion.

irarose

Member

#4

Actually, the practice of evaluating public technical writing has precedent. Request for Comments 1855, "Netiquette Guidelines," section 4.1, addresses constructive contribution measurement. I correct candidates gently when they cite "active member" without uniform resource locator pointers to specific threads. The Internet Engineering Task Force values demonstrated troubleshooting over affiliation.

olespete

Member

Trust No One

#5

WARNINGS to anyone putting real usernames on resumes. Link to specific posts and scrub personal details. What could go wrong:

  • Social engineering via old support threads
  • Credential hints in ancient configs
  • Server hostnames revealing infrastructure

I recommend fail2ban on your reputation and firewall your identity. Every thread you've posted is a potential attack surface! 👀

airgapped, encrypted, faraday'd, still worried
readerkrakw

Member

Backup Paranoid

#6

Lol I put this forum on my linkedin and got 3 offers. You just gotta show the actual posts where you fixed stuff. Anyone can say "active member" but if you got a thread where you debugged a kernel panic with packet captures that hits different. Lmao my resume links to 4 threads here and my github. Are you gonna trust someone who just says "Vultr fan" lol

RE

Member

1 #7

  • I list my top 3 troubleshooting threads
  • One is 47 replies with a network loop
  • Another is a DNSSEC failure I diagnosed

Hiring manager at RackNerd loved it

MA

Member

#8

The detailed posts are what matter.

LU

Member

#9

This. I interviewed someone last month who linked a thread where they debugged a BGP flap. Got the job. Another had "DigitalOcean enthusiast" as a bullet point. Pass.

RA

Member

#10
readerkrakw said:
Lol I put this forum on my linkedin and got 3 offers

LinkedIn is not a skills assessment. I got offers from recruiters who cant spell subnet. Means nothing.

Post a reply

You need an account to reply. Log in or register to join the conversation.

Post reply Preview Save draft