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?
I keep my AOL account and give it out whenever stores ask me for one. Sometimes the cashier will comment, “Wow I haven’t seen anyone use that in years!” to which I respond, “Me too, that’s where have people send all their junk mail that I don’t read” and that shuts them up.
That said, as a tech person, I just register my own domain and use that. It feels more professional to me.