Arguably there are better things that programmers can do with their talent, not just for themselves but for the world, than updating social media websites and building a personal online image.
I consider the activity of updating stackoverflow and github with new knowledge and code to be incredibly good for the world. The need to update Linkedin and other resume-like social media website is just an inevitable consequence to the (prisoner dilemma)-like evolution of the credentials game.
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Arguably there are better things that programmers can do with their talent, not just for themselves but for the world, than updating social media websites and building a personal online image.
I consider the activity of updating stackoverflow and github with new knowledge and code to be incredibly good for the world. The need to update Linkedin and other resume-like social media website is just an inevitable consequence to the (prisoner dilemma)-like evolution of the credentials game.