Surf Roots, Software Thoughts

I was looking through Facebook pictures that friends of mine have tagged of me, and I recalled some of the encounters I’ve had with people about tagged pictures. I always hear about people detagging pictures of them on Facebook when they’re in the process of looking for jobs. I’ve thought about this a little bit, and I have an opinion.

I don’t think I’d want to work for a company that judged me based off of my Facebook photos. I should say that I don’t have any particularly bad photos on there, but there are a lot of photos of me being me. By that I mean making a fool of myself by playing air guitar on stage, running around with my shirt off, taking a shot (though I’m not a big drinker), or doing the other things that I tend to do. Anyway, the photos I have on Facebook are probably a decent representation of my personality, and I wouldn’t want to work somewhere that didn’t like my personality, even if they paid a lot of money. I’m not saying that everyone else should share my opinion here; I’m just stating my opinion. I’m happy with who I am, and if a company isn’t OK with my Facebook pictures, then I guess I won’t get hired. I’d want to work somewhere that was looking for personality as well as ability, motivation, etc, or I’d want to work somewhere that was purely looking for ability, motivation, etc.

And now for a collection of embarrassing Facebook pictures:

Rockin’ out to “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey.

Doin’ my snowboard dance. This typically means better snowboarding. You should try it.