In many companies, the candidate review process includes a review of the resume by other developers. When evaluating candidates, I always look at their online website and github if provided. If the SO profile is there, I sometimes do a quick look.
I don't like the idea of just using SO rank as a measure of experience though. I think if your SO involvement can communicate something of value, such as, experience, compassion for helping others, or a carving for learning more...all that helps (Github and sites like dev.to are other good sites).
Using social media to evaluate candidates is tricky. Developers are people and thus and their evaluation of a candidate can swayed by personal beliefs on topics and other things not applicable to their work.
I don't think a resume should be a dumping ground of everything someone has done. I think it has to be organized in a meaningful way to show recruiters and reviewers that you are a potential candidate for the job. If SO is another point of experience in your life that could show this, then put it down.
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hmm, this is a really interesting question,
In many companies, the candidate review process includes a review of the resume by other developers. When evaluating candidates, I always look at their online website and github if provided. If the SO profile is there, I sometimes do a quick look.
I don't like the idea of just using SO rank as a measure of experience though. I think if your SO involvement can communicate something of value, such as, experience, compassion for helping others, or a carving for learning more...all that helps (Github and sites like dev.to are other good sites).
Using social media to evaluate candidates is tricky. Developers are people and thus and their evaluation of a candidate can swayed by personal beliefs on topics and other things not applicable to their work.
I don't think a resume should be a dumping ground of everything someone has done. I think it has to be organized in a meaningful way to show recruiters and reviewers that you are a potential candidate for the job. If SO is another point of experience in your life that could show this, then put it down.