I’m 25 and have had my AOL email since before I was born, set up by my parents. In the late 90’s and early 00’s every now and then they would send a few photos to it perhaps with an accompanying story of anything that they’d want me to remember. I then used it as my main email and have continued to till this day.
During a job interview today I was told I was great fit but they weren’t sure about my email address!
Apparently they can tell a lot about a person just from the fact they have an AOL email address in 2023.
Has anyone else had something similar, is it actually a big deal?
Register a domain for your name (ex: uptimefordays.com), then make an uptimefordays@uptimefordays.com email address. You could self host, I suggest Google Workspace as it’s like $5 a month for gmail with your custom domain address + all the other benefits of Google Workspace.
Not only will setting this up teach you stuff ya may not have known, it’ll also show interviewers you’ve got some credibility. Bonus points if you grab handles you might use for tech forums and redirect to your professional site.