Is this site legit or not ? I search for the books I want to

>>9190282
> The Hunger Games is #1 on the Best books ever list.

If that doesn't answer your question we can't do anything for you.

>>9190288
But some of their reviews are legit too.

It's a very nice idea to include a link to my profile on my résumé to show off how many technical books from my field I've read.

There is absolutely no other use for it.

>>9190282
you have to find readers who know what theyre doing and go off their reviews. some people on there have read 1.5k books of canon-tier shit

>>9190282
you really gotta dig for the good reviews. dont pay attention to the top whatever lists those are all bullshit since its just teenage girls voting.
there are good reviews on the site though.

>>9190307
do you really do this

It's full of numales and women

>>9190288
You legitimately seem like a retarded person.

Isnt a less retarded version of goodreads ?

Like less popular so no teenagers voting for Twilight and that shit ?

>>9190324
Why?

>>9190317
I did it once.
I think I'll try it again when I have to.
How else can you show the HR that you've self-studied beyond what you took in college?
I actually didn't think of this idea myself; I got it from an online friend who's a very talented computer scientist, and in fields like computer science, mathematics, physics or possibly any other scientific field, students often have to self-study a lot and learn more than what they take in college.
I wasn't sure how to prove that I have learnt more than what I took in college, and that was a nice idea.

>>9190348
They probably thought you were a cuck for doing that

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>>9190348
I don't think it was a good idea.
But did it work?
If so then I can't argue against that.

>>9190354
Yeah, but it was actually for an internship.
I am still a student, so I haven't applied for a real job.
I think that they are more forgiving when it's an internship.
I am really hesitant to try it when I apply for a full-time job.
But I am really unsure how to prove that I know stuff beyond the curriculum to HR with another method. :(
My friend sent me his resume and he had a link to his goodreads list of read books, and he has a steady job as a C/C++ programmer, but I'm still really hesitant about trying it myself.

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>>9190282
Well, duh, any kind of art its already take it by big corporations and brainless people, always gonna take their, payed, places.

Picrelated, how it look a site dedicate to music

>>9190282
its legit for keeping a catalog of books you have read, other than that no. you know you are in good hands when someone rates machiavelli 1 star because he used a phrase "fortune is a woman that needs to be beaten" or arthur c clarke Childhood's End gets a low rating for sexism

>>9190307
Do you write reviews for all those books to prove that you have actually read them?

I use it for the list, not for the community.

>>9190348
>How else can you show the HR that you've self-studied beyond what you took in college?
you talk about it during the interview? putting every scrap into CV makes you look desperate and less confidant in your skill

>>9190375
How will you explain all the TG porn in your catalog?

>>9190282
I like comics and manga but I don't like that goodreads lets you rate them. Its just fucks up my filters

>>9190439
use myanimelist

>>9190449
I don't want to. for one its 5 times more faggy than goodreads and I don't like cataloging anime. With goodreads my vote counts on books that have less than 500 ratings and I sometimes need the list to give a recommendation but when it comes to anime or manga everyone already knows all the noteworthy shit or should discover it on their own.

I really like it! but i've never ventured outside my irl friends and people ive friended from /lit/.

>>9190391
Those are all decent-great albums, brainlet.

>>9190348
i think this is a fine idea - it certainly makes them ask about it - but how do they click on it? arent almost all interviews looked at on paper? secretary runs em off and you ball em up and KOBE

>>9190475
>people ive friended from /lit/.
I always avoid that. They usually post likes to famous reviewers or pseudos + one of my biggest fears is my internet life intersecting with my real life

>>9190466
>when it comes to anime or manga everyone already knows all the noteworthy shit or should discover it on their own.

Nobody talks about Fantastic children though.

>>9190490
yeah, its underrated despite having an original concept. I rarely even see it on "obscure top 5" or crap like that were usually "obscure" means desert punk,robot carnival or some other well known old work

>>9190490
i want to watch some anime. i know zero about it. how do i find what to watch

>>9190521
Start watching some good shit like Monster, Death Note, Code Geass, Hellsing Ultimate, Psycho Pass, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, Zakyou no terror...

>>9190521
If you want to get deep into it than pick up the ongoing ones, so you can get used to what its really like instead of only watching masterworks. also its a medium, pick a genre. Do you want to see blood and gore or do you want cute girls doing cute things.
>how do i find what to watch
google "anime recommendations" pick what interests you and go to a streaming site.
>>9190529
> Zakyou no terror
kek

>>9190529
>Monster
too dry for a newbe.

The recommendations function can be useful, so too are shelves of readers who have similar tastes and some of the more specific lists.

>>9190375
well if you say that you have knowledge pertinent to the job you are applying when in the interview you will be tested! And the level of scrutinity increases if the position is somewhat relevant. So don't worry, if you lie they will caught you.
Unless you display some irrelevant skill, as knowing a language that is useless to the company.

As I'm live in a non-speaking english country, being fluent in english is a must in bigger companies, and a good thing to have in medium to small, and even though all the people that will be selected to an interview in the biggest companies will declare they know the language and some can prove with a standardized test or school of idioms, they are still tested and it is not rare to have the interview conducted in english.

Also, I don't think any people from HR will bother to check your goodreads profile, they may cast prejudice upon you if you use a social network focused on books, or they may hold you in high regard. I don't think it is a smart choice

>>9190521
It's a shit medium if you didn't watch it as a child don't bother but there are some good gems like :
>>9190490
Or Kaiba, Kaiji, monster, etc..
Japanese animated movies are better and less time consuming overall.

>>9190282
It's just a way for plebs to satisfy their reddit urges without betraying the deluded image of /lit they have projected onto their own ugly egos.

>>9190282
i prefer anobii.com

>>9190282
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/371444144
>I actually vomited

Is this a GR profile posting thread?

Recommendation function is useful and some of the reviews can actually be decent on less popular books.

if you add people from here it's a good way to find stuff to read as well

>>9191722
I've found plenty of good books for future reading just by checking the Goodreads recommendation tool.

It is very cool after you've rated some books.

>>9191722
>>9191725
Pro-Tip: use the 'shelves', they act like tags, you'll get recommendations based on your shelves that are very good

>>9191727
I get recomendations base on my favorite genres (which are very specific). It says "based on your fav. genres". It works wonderfully.

Still tho. The site looks like dog shit, I could fix up something better with more functions in a week.

Goodreads is a social media fuck parade, just like the rest of the pathetic, waste of time internet. You won't connect with readers here, just other writers. And no one will give a fuck about you. They'll ignore you, like on Facebook. Or invite you to book discussions (Jesus Fucking Goddamned Christ). It's a waste of time is what I'm trying to say. Fuck it. And fuck writing, too. And the internet.

>>9190484
the only great album there is itcotck

>>9190282
It's for keeping track of what books you read you muppet it doesn't matter if it's legit or not.

>>9190545
Not as bad as Code Geass.

Libarything is better since the recs aren't a pile of shit.

>>9190282
Just use it to find new books or organize your Library OP. Fuck if anything it's good to find some of your favorite authors lesser known works that you can search for. You may find some good reviewers but there's a shit ton of garbage there I wouldn't bother with even if you paid me.

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>>9190282
I use it as a way to keep track of all the books I read. Before that, I just had a text file that I updated as a read, categorized by year.

I have three "friends" on Goodreads. Two are from Facebook, one is some stranger who sent me a friend request that I accepted. I ignore their updates.

>>9190282
not really

most of the reviewers are kids, and the ones that aren't are unbearably fucking pompous. most of the reviews are basically extended blog posts where nancy whogivesashit will meander for four paragraphs about her crumpets or whatever it's very unbearable

some of the lists are okay but mostly it's just useful as a filing system for books and stuff