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Quora: The Next Social Network It Pros Need to Know?
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Quora, an increasingly popular social network for asking and answering questions on topics related to technology and computer science, is emerging as a way to identify new IT talent. On the site, questions range the gamut, from questions about acquisitions in the technology space to questions about how to improve specific products, services and platforms. While there are other Q&A sites on the Web, Quora is distinguished by the quality of its answers and the established backgrounds of people answering the questions. The site generated a lot of hype initially from bloggers and technology news sites. The pros and cons of using Quora as a competitive differentiator for IT professionals are examined.
The best way to get a quick sense of whether Quora could be useful for your IT career is to post a question on the site. Once you have a large number of followers on Quora, you will likely receive more responses. While Quora isn't extremely useful yet for detailed enterprise IT topics, it's possible to learn quite a bit about enterprise software startups, hosting services from the likes of Amazon and Rackspace, and software as a service. According to Quora founder Adam D'Angelo, creating an enterprise-specific version of Quora isn't a current priority. However, there are enterprise-specific Q&A offerings available or in the works such as Opzi and Mindquilt.
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