Managing your

Online PresenceJanith Weerasinghe – CSE 09’

Software Engineer, 99X Technology

www.janithw.com

@janithw

Why should I care?

• What the WWW says about you can make or break your future career

• Employers/Interviewers will want to know more about you• Resumes are one sided• Cannot contain all the details about you

• Stand out from the crowd

Taking control of your digital footprint

• Make a good first impression• LinkedIn account – 100% complete• An active blog• Be active in the community

• GitHub• StackOverflow

• Personal website

• Whatever you post publicly, be professional

Starting to Blog

• Select a blogging platform

Starting to Blog

•What to write• Original content!• New things that you try out• Technical/coding problems• Your new projects• Your opinion on new technologies, devices

Being part of the Community

• Source Code management and revision

control

• Host/Share your work online

• Contribute to open-source projects

Being part of the Community

• Ask questions & Provide answers in a fun way

• Get help

• Help others

• Improve your knowledge

• Get hired

Thank You!!!