This question has been asked on other SE forums, but has anyone on Cross Validated added their profile information (either putting their handle, rep, or both) on their resume or curriculum vitae? 

There are, of course, numerous other factors that influence applicability for a job; & acquiring rep/presence on a SE site is particular to just this community, making it rather arbitrary to an outsider. However, the question below & its subsequent answers got me thinking that the nature of the CV forum in particular as it relates to working in the field of statistics:  

[Unanswered questions as percentage of total – why does CV stand out?](https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2083/unanswered-questions-as-percentage-of-total-why-does-cv-stand-out/2084#2084)

In the organizations I have worked or interviewed – largely requiring an applied statistics background – researching, understanding to the best extent possible, & then communicating technical concepts from statistics is critical. Oftentimes the client/asker doesn't know specifically what they want to see beyond a broad conceptual outcome. And of course there may be multiple approaches to any problem given the background of the expert/client, as well as organizational constraints (available time, technology, etc.). The nature of the questions & answers on CV, which frequently require deeper research & are more specific or nuanced than other SE sites, seems reflective of what I & others have encountered in the workforce. As Glen\_b summarizes this well:

> 
> In the course of answering questions over a few days, I often find
>  myself doing algebra I've never quite attempted before, running
>  simulations I've never run before (and writing and debugging code to
>  do them!), suggesting novel or tweaked test statistics and exploring
>  their properties, comparing the properties of several approaches to a
>  problem, coming up with slightly novel way to visualize some data,
>  reading papers to follow the history of some little technique, reading
>  more papers to even figure out what a person is asking about ... and
>  so on. That is, a lot of questions here take actual research effort.
>  Sometimes hours of it.
> 
> 
> 

Glen\_b's summary seems to be exactly the kind of mindset required for many stats positions. So having a quality presence on CV in particular may serve as a plausible representation of one's aptitude in solving statistical problems in general. This is different from SO for example, where questions are expected to be very specific w/ reproducible code, solutions don't necessarily need to be as nuanced, potential number of solutions are more limited, & the community/pool of knowledge is generally larger. 

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NOTE: I'm asking this as a general question. I definitely would not classify my current presence on CV as "quality".