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> It’s 2019. If you’re hiring someone who works on the internet, you will be able to find them on the internet.

This guy seems pretty clueless. I’m not sure I’d be trying to absorb his wisdom.

I mean, if you are going to market yourself on the internet in order to be hired for remote work, it is in your interest to at least maintain a professional internet persona. Github, linkedin, personal website... If you are hiring remote workers you are very much duck typing when looking for potential scammers.

Right. Why on earth would I want a twitter account?

Is it so outlandish to have a professional LinkedIn account?

Yes.

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