What is meta? ×  Do you think it is beneficial to use your real
name as your display name on Stack Overflow towards one's
career? I started out here using my typical online name,
"bytenik," before switching over to using my full name. Now
colleagues that Google my name will find my profile.  Does this
really help my career? Do you think that enough people in the
software engineering field are aware of Stack Overflow to make
any sort of a difference / have anyone notice my experience in
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–  Ivo Flipse Feb 22 '10 at 19:10 Somewhat related:
meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19081/… –  Ether Feb 23 '10 at
0:11  8 Answers 8  up vote 12 down vote accepted  I try to use
all forums as my own name. Not because I want to push my name
for my career but because I want to show