The Version of You a Stranger Can Find
Search your own name the way an admissions tutor or an employer would, and read what the first page implies about you. Then decide what stays public on purpose rather than by accident.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Search their own name and list what a stranger could conclude from the first page of results
- Explain why a deleted post is not gone (screenshots, caches, other people's copies)
- Set one thing to private and publish one thing on purpose, and give the reason for each
1 · Read
Search your own name the way an admissions tutor or an employer would. List what the first page implies about you, since that page introduces you before you speak.
A deleted post is not gone: screenshots, caches and other people's copies keep it alive. Post as if deletion never works, because it barely does.
Then choose on purpose. Set one thing to private and publish one thing you are proud of, with a reason for each. Public by choice beats public by accident.
Repeat the search every few months. New posts, tags and photos pile up quietly, and each round catches what drifted public.
Read your first page like a stranger, assume deletion fails, and keep things public on purpose.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Where it sits
This opens up
Nothing builds on it yet.
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.