You’ll get my attention wether the username matches your real name or not, but bonus points if it’s your real name. Openness leads to trust. And trust is criitcal.

I think that's the crux of issue. If somebody's open and said the wrong thing at the wrong time in their life, do you think whoever's reading it will have the context to understand the circumstances it was written in? Also, won't it make the selection process even more biased? IINM people like to recruit and promote people they most agree with or see themselves in. Giving a recruiter or company grounds to disagree with you doesn't seem like a great start.

Let's say a candidate writes in a blog post that they're pro squashing commits and all their personal projects use it too, but your shop is strictly against it. How many developers and recruiters do you think it would taint during the recruitment process? Wouldn't you run the risk of dismissing a candidate who in private is pro-squashing, but open to other ways of working professionally?

If HR is incompetent enough to consider things like relationship status or political opinions then what other bullshit policies does the company have? It’s probably the tip of the iceberg.

It's not unheard of for people to lose their jobs for stating their political opinion online. #ByeByeJob is a hashtag and https://old.reddit.com/r/byebyejob/ is a subreddit for a reason.

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