Alex_B
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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Keep one thing in mind: Everything you write becomes public record, no matter how innocuous. You never know what someone might react to. 20 years from now you might be running for mayor, or be considered for a board-level position at a local organization, or be up for parole, and an old comment about how cucumbers remind you of your trip to Denmark may cost you dearly.
Think of adopting a suitably ridiculous online nickname or handle.
You mean, like Alex_B?
But you are certainly right about it. Blog entries, facebook photos and silly webpages have been known to be career killers for a while. At least for positions of responsibility or representation.
Ans this can really go way back in time ... if you google one of my friend's name, a professional herself these days, the first thing which comes up is still an essay she wrote about a school field-trip at the age of 13 (!!). Lucky for her, she wrote it in a very sensible manner.
Another friend of mine, she was using her real name at a forum for reptiles as pets, and now googling her name gives you some comments about iguanas. Again, pretty harmless, but if you see what other people publish on the web ... well, some could be in trouble