Comments on: Who Don’t You Want Reading?

By: Sarah Dillon

Sarah Dillon — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:42:34 +0000

Tiffany, I really liked this post. I think it addresses a very real issue for many would-be bloggers. I was most scared (yes, scared!) of my colleagues reading my blog. These people might know me from within a work environment, but that’s not to say I’m sharing my thoughts and opinions on industry issues and happenings with them. It takes courage to nail your colours to the post and say “this is what I think about XYZ”. It was only after a lot of thinking that I decided to take the risk and go for it anyway. Even then, I blogged under a pseudonym for a few months until I felt confident about what I was doing. My profession tends to be a very small world and I just hated the thought of getting something “wrong” and then having people in my industry, colleagues of colleagues and so on, muttering and sniggering into their hands for years and years to come… then I gave myself a mental shake, pulled myself out of my self-absorbed well of fear and just got on with it. I’m only slowly starting to attract attention from within the industry so it’s still feels pretty new, but very, very exciting!!

Thanks again for the post, I really enjoyed it.

Sarah

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:18:06 +0000

Elysa –
You’re right in that you’re not alone about this issue. I’ve talked to a lot of twentysomethings who are hesitant to blog about their work life, especially when it comes to issues of whether or not to leave.

In fact, it’s often a line on which people decide whether or not to author their blog with their own name.

For me, since blogging is also about professional development and personal branding, I make a conscious effort to consider all the ramifications of what I write, and I can tell you, were I in your situation, I probably wouldn’t blog about whether or not I was going to leave my job until after I’d made the decision and left. I guess that doesn’t help you on your decision whether or not to leave, but that’s what I would do regarding the blogging issue.

By: elysa

elysa — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:45:57 +0000

I have actually had some struggles decided what to post based on this exact issue. I find myself (like many twenty somethings) having to decide if I should stay in a job that seems to be holding me back or move on. I know this would be a great blog topic, I have done a lot of research. But, the problem is, until I make the choice and find a new job I wouldn’t want my boss or someone at work to stumble across a post debating whether or not to stay at that company.