Timeline for Mathematics Stack Exchange as an indicator for academic career
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| Apr 2, 2018 at 18:29 | comment | added | BCLC | @Lynob I think OP meant to ask about how MSE activity/reputation is an indicator given that OP had visited daily for around 4 years. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 18:28 | history | protected | Alexandros | ||
| Apr 2, 2018 at 18:28 | comment | added | BCLC | To what extent is MSE reputation an indication of potential in education? | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 18:04 | comment | added | BCLC | @Lynob vacuous truth? | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 17:53 | answer | added | Ethan Bolker | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 17:23 | comment | added | Chill2Macht | I currently have more Math.SE AND more MathOverflow points than you do and I wasn't smart enough to get into a Math PhD program. I would wager a large quantity of money that you are better at math than I am. I also have several friends from college who are in math PhD programs (and who are definitely smarter/more talented than me) who also have no account or far fewer points. Therefore neither Math.SE nor MathOverflow points are a reliable indicator of "math prowess". (You get more points for answers, but you can also get a large number of points for stupid questions.) | |
| Sep 15, 2017 at 14:34 | answer | added | mathreadler | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 14, 2017 at 17:11 | answer | added | bmosov01 | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 22:14 | answer | added | beldaz | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 22:08 | comment | added | StrongBad | At one point a few of us compared our academic h index with our stack exchange h index. It was probably in chat or meta. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 20:57 | answer | added | FoundingFather | timeline score: -4 | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 19:27 | answer | added | Bernie | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 16:10 | comment | added | John Coleman | On another note: I've seen instances of people with technical blogs which interact with their SE accounts (e.g. has blog posts which expand on the answers to interesting questions). If you have a high-quality blog that complements the SE account that could be relevant when and if you get to the stage of applying for positions. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 16:06 | comment | added | John Coleman | "To what extent is MSE reputation an indication of potential in academia?" It is an interesting question, but without data it is somewhat pointless to speculate. Also note that "potential" is somewhat nebulous. I take it as being essentially obvious that an undergraduate who can competently answer questions on something like MSE has potential in graduate school. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 16:06 | comment | added | willeM_ Van Onsem | Points on the SX measure contributions, not quality. Some people answer 20+ questions daily, but with low quality answers. Nevertheless over the years they can collect a lot of reputation. Furthermore the number of votes a Q/A gets scales more with popularity than with quality IMO. On SO I've written - in my opinion - HQ posts with 1-3 votes, and straightforward answers with 10+ votes. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 15:40 | comment | added | Pere | As polfsol says, SE points are not impressive. However, the quality of your answers might impress somebody. I use muy Statistics SE contributions to showcase that I can write about statistics in English, just as I could use a blog for the same purpose. I don't make an answer out of this comment because I can't say for sure if it has impacted my career (but I keep the link at the end of my CV). | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 13:49 | answer | added | David Richerby | timeline score: 47 | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 13:06 | comment | added | polfosol | In every case that I tried to impress someone with my SE points I failed badly. Because most people have no idea what the heck SE is, and the few who do, surely won't find it that impressive. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 9:01 | comment | added | Lynob | The 3 best programmers whom I personally known and worked with in my country, at least in my opinion, don't have a stackoverflow account. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 7:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/907869199032360960 | ||
| Sep 13, 2017 at 5:49 | comment | added | user79802 | BTW: Your profile seems pretty fine | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 2:42 | history | edited | aeismail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 12, 2017 at 23:32 | answer | added | Andy Putman | timeline score: 134 | |
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| Sep 12, 2017 at 23:19 | history | asked | Shaun | CC BY-SA 3.0 |