Once we’ve gone through my suggestions for choosing a good picture let’s review this to see how I did. That was about all of the critical thinking that went into it. I didn’t put much thought into choosing it, a photographer was taking pictures at work and when I saw this one I was pleased I hadn’t blinked at the wrong time and the picture was high quality. I’ve used this picture for around three years across most of my social media and communication channels. I’m by no means a body language expert but I wanted to break down what I think are some good guidelines for creating your profile picture in order to make communication easier, especially with people you haven’t met yet.
#Not using your face for facebook profile picture professional#
If it is cold and professional then their words may feel more critical. Therefore if a person’s picture is friendly and welcoming then everything they say will be taken with a subtle positive spin.
When working in open source you speak to new people every day, so while you will build up a mental image of a direct colleague via video chats and occasional in person meetings, you are always going to be speaking to new people and experiencing this. Their profile picture is the only thing I have to frame who they are, their personality and their tone.
I’ve noticed this particularly strongly with people that I haven’t spoken to in real life or by video call. It is the only other thing to focus on while reading the words they’ve written. Since switching to a text only medium I’ve noticed myself picking up these same social queues from profile pictures of the folks I’m speaking to. When we speak to someone face to face there are a whole bunch of physical queues that we do with our body language, facial expressions and tone of voice which add context and meaning to the words we are saying. It has been going great and I’m really enjoying it, but it has really shown me the importance of a good profile picture.Ĭurrently my primary means of working with my colleagues is either via email (Outlook), Slack or GitHub and it is notoriously difficult to convey emotion and emphasis in a text only communication method.
I’ve worked on many open source projects in the past with remote collaborators, but this is the first time that I’ve been 100% remote from the people I’m working with every day. Here are some tips to help you pick a good one.įor the last couple of months I’ve been getting used to working remotely. 9 minute read #work, #profile, #remote-workingĬhoosing a good profile picture will make collaborating with others easier, especially if you haven’t met them yet.
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