[ale] OT

Cornelis van Dijk cor.angela0 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 16 14:04:25 EDT 2011


That is not the kind of exchange most people would find obvious. Cor

On 7/15/11, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> You ask a question, I provide the answer, you "accept" the answer and
> I get reputation points. Therefore, I have exchanged my knowledge to
> you for points that show I have knowledge on the subject.
>
> This sort of exchange is particularly beneficial on StackOverflow
> because it migrates to a careers.stackoverflow.com profile. This
> profile is a resume that literally shows your knowledge to a potential
> employer.
>
> On Friday, July 15, 2011, Cornelis van Dijk <cor.angela0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the information. I guess I was misled by the "exchange" part.
>> Why call it an "exchange" if it is basically one-way traffic?
>> Cor
>>
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