Joined Facebook…
Sunday, May 4th, 2008So I joined facebook….
Having read their privacy policy a few times, I’ve always been frightened of joining their site. The idea of being able to have data mined from everywhere was a worry of mine. Granted, all that information is public anyways…but still.
Well, having attended “code camp” at the University this last Saturday, I felt the need to join Facebook was worthwhile. Why? Facebook is good for networking ties with other people. As much as I hate social interactions, I came to the realization a lot this weekend that if I want to get where I want in life, many times dealing with people on this level are helpful…
So what are the benefits:
1. Keep in contact with more people. Unlike others on there who seem to be friends with 50+ people, I want to keep mine a little smaller so I can actively keep track of each of the other’s profiles.
2. If/when moving to other positions, facebook could be a help in that area actually. This site + facebook should give potential employers enough information to go off of.
3. Kinda a fun thing to do. I took a few “tests” today, and some of this stuff was pretty enjoyable. Interesting to find people I know from the past as well (but whom I may not keep in contact with now). I did a lot of searching tonight for anyone’s name I could think of.
Did I add all the old friends and all? No. I’m tempted, but I haven’t yet….I still need to decide more on that.
As far as code camp, it was well worth my time to go. I am a lot more interested now in development with C#, as I’m finding it to be a fairly structured language with some nice features built into it. I’m not planning on dedicating a lot of time to it in the short term, but in the long term it would be nice to learn it. Another toolbelt for the future, is what I figure.
