I am not my job.

My resume has been online and relatively up-to-date on all the popular career sites for a few years now. I get calls on it from time to time, and something a recruiter said to me on a recent call reminded me of an article I read about the dangers of blogging about work, and how it can have a negative impact on one's job search. I think about that article often (I'd link to it, but I can't find it now), and I've even considered pulling this blog down for fear of someone using my thoughts against me. The scenario I see in my mind is an evil HR flunky Googling me and poking around here, then using it as an excuse to toss my resume in the circular file. Cue hapless tuba riff. But then, I always return to one thought:

If a company doesn't hire me because of what I write here, then that's not a company I want to work for.

Sure, it's easy for me to say that now, in a time when I'm not desperate for a job. But I'm a strong believer in things happening for a reason, and I would much rather stay at my happy-but-underpaid job than to shutter this blog. This little collection of posts has become a small yet significant piece of who I am, and I won't give it up that easily. Even if it means losing out on a fatter paycheck. I've got principles, yo!