Our jobs are really part of our identity. If you don’t believe me then just do a search on Twitter for the word “jobs” and then scan through the 36 pages of Twitter profiles that are returned. It isn’t even that people are Twittering about their jobs and their pursuit of better ones, they are very frequently making their jobs out to be a central part of who they are via their Twitter bio.
I have included some of the Twitter bios that I found while perusing Twitter user bios (these are not excerpts, but the full bios for people) below.
The first group could easily be called I work-life-job:
Birth. TV. Peanut butter. School. Movies. Me. You. Books. Family. Jobs. Computers. The Internet. Gadgets. Clutter. EBay. Websites. Twitter.
Full-Time College Student with a Full-Time Job
Blogger who has a wonderful family and works a full time job.
My family, my job in technology, and Nike shoes are just some of my biggest passions.
Life’s nice, and much nicer with a job
one each: husband, baby, car, job, brain, left eye, heart
I got’s me a job.
I’m so into my job it’s my nickname.
I work for Warner Music Group and I’m married to my job.
I… am… job
Married to a wonderful woman. Have 2 kids - 1boy & 1girl. I’m a chemist. Hate my job. Stressful, no time for play. Turning 40 soon. Where do I go from here?
I struggle with writing, with marriage, with my hated job and with getting my ass in shape. I guess it’s fair to say, I struggle
Here is what I’ll call the wanterlust crowd:
Aussie guy on a quest to quit his job.
I have grand fantasies that involve apartment & job postings in far away cities on craigslist.
Choose a job you love, you’ll never work a day in your life
A hopeless romantic from Washington, desparately in need of a job.
Engineer + man space flight = love my job
These Twitterers represent the geek community well:
I’ve been tinkering with web dev since i was 12, I’ve started a Web Dev company now. Sadly, my real job has nothing to do with the web. That will change soon.
Tech Dude who just wants to get his web sites productive so he can quit his day job and just do the web stuff.
me = (kids * wife) + soccer + bike + sailing + job (google product mgr)
I enjoy my Macs, iPhone, Jack Russell Terriers, cat, Kawasaki motorcycle, my job & Twitter!
The World Wide Web is my full-time job AND I love it :-)
Job: Linux and network administrator; Hobbies: Writing music, COD4, WoW, Writing VB apps, crypto
Code monkey get up get coffee, code monkey go to job…
I’m a Tech and Net addict, that has a job testing music apps.
Well, Mikey likes beer. He also like video games and web stuff. He does freelance web jobs. He has one kid (at the moment) and one dog. Oh, and he likes beer.
This group is interesting and intense…I could not help but laugh when I read the one about being abducted by aliens. Not sure if that person should become a writer or a stand up comic.
Web Developer with a day job… Don’t tell me how much that sucks cuz I already know :)
Twentysomething whose job is making television shows for the Man.
Soldier serving in the US Army. Its a thankless job but someones got to do it!
One guy, 8 jobs, all tech. Chained to the Ivory Tower. Thank goodness for geocaching, prevents office=home.
26, and I hate my job. :D
Hi, I come from [location] and I am a [pointless will-destroying job title] who likes [ridiculous personal habits].
At sea in a soul-suck of a job while i wait to be rescued by aliens
Here are some assorted bios:
This group could be called Job=Transitions:
I left a really good job to pursue my dream of starting my very own brewery
I’m a Mom of 3 boys, I am a runner, my job is as a virtual assistant.
Married, 2 kids, I have a J.O.B. Just Over Broke!
Tech recruiter turned Acupuncturist… Does that mean I have a hollistic approach to job searching?
RADIO AND VOICE OVERS..EVERYTHING ELSE IS A JOB
Music kid w/ a web job dwelling in an apartment in Northern California
just about to graduate from flagler, looking for a good design job. i read way too many books.
Looking for a programming job in London, UK. What I can offer: geekness, code quality and team spirit.
Creative specialist and aspiring entrepreneur and job seeker looking for the right opportunity.
I am 19 years old, was born and raised in Billings Montana, I am currently going to college at Devry University and I have a part time job at Trader Joe’s.
I run an independant label, sing in a metal band, live 75 miles away from my job in the social media and am rarely static. I dance EXCEPTIONALLY well……
I like music, dancing, crème brûlée, and scooping on postbyME!. Quit my day job & co-founded [company name] Inc.
A redheaded PR and International Business major at the University of Georgia…looking for a job (wink-wink)
I used to be a Poker Player. Now I have a M-F 9-5 Data Entry Job. Things are looking great…
Im just a regular guy tryin to make it in this messed up world. I have a regular jobby job, a house, a car and a kid. Whoo Hoo!! I would rather be DJ’ing.
My names Michelle! I live in Pittsburgh, PA. I’m 25 years old…I have no real social life between Working my 2 jobs, school & volunteering at the Humane Society
I’m a man of many interests. Love my job but love my life outside the job more.
i write. then, i work jobs to support that. then, i write about those jobs. it never ends.
These bios just go on and on. One thing that is different about Twitter, at least in my experience, is that people use it with the expectation that others are listening. And the reality is that people are listening, and talking back. This is so much different than Facebook and other apps that are as deep and wide as the ocean when it comes to content. There is so much noise that listening takes a back seat to poking. People use Facebook like a news weekly, not like CNN, Twitter is more like CNN local edition - breaking news that impacts you. Linkedin is going to become irrelevant if they don’t catch the social conversation wave soon.
