> "So... how do you handle this?" Same as you, I don't bother. I've only been working professionally for 14 years, and have also gotten this advice fed to me f

> "So... how do you handle this?" Same as you, I don't bother. I've only been working professionally for 14 years, and have also gotten this advice fed to me from my friends, "write a blog", "contribute to open source", "portfolio portfolio portfolio". And never once have I gotten jobs based on these things, nor have I hired anyone based on these things. That's not to say they aren't valuable, but I don't think they're as valuable as lots of people say they are. Or rather the companies that hire people who care about these things / find them useful are a smaller segment than people think. Linkedin is an interesting one. It's the only "social" account I have, and that's because, for me, it does provide actual value. I never post, but I get lots of messages from talent acquisition people and can see when former coworkers are available for new positions or have positions open at their orgs. So in that capacity it still provides value to me. That being said, does anyone actually read company blogs? I can only remember a handful of posts over the last 10 years that actually held technical depth to be interesting. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, or maybe they're not intended for me.