So, I'm debating whether to switch my personal address to the berkeley.edu address....help me out.
Pros:
--My email address is really cool and efficient. I was able to grab a really great name. Think of it like "tony@berkeley.edu" vs. "tony.siragusa56@gmail.com." (Not my real addresses, obviously.)
--The cool thing is that there is nothing before the "Berkeley." I did a lot of Google searches, and nearly every school has an "@alumni" before the domain name, or something like that. (alumni.harvard.edu, alumni.ucla.edu, etc.). Berkeley is offering the "@berkeley.edu." No "Cal.berkeley.edu," which would be cool, but do we really like "Cal Berkeley"?
--Many of you hate the "Berkeley," but it is awesome. I graduated from "Berkeley," one of the most prestigious schools in the world. Being associated with UC Berkeley does have benefits
click here to see this post by Cal89). Hey, it's better than Gmail.
--I'm not going to totally switch, but I'll just tell new people I meet to hit me up at "tony@berkeley.edu." (Again, not my real address.)
--The @berkeley.edu address is apparently permanent. What if your other domains go under or become tainted. (Hey, I used to have an earhlink e-mail address.)
--Berkeley.edu is, along with 5 other universities, the oldest .edu domain. Yes, we kick Stanford's butt in this category!!
Cons:
--It would feel weird to use a university email address long after you graduated...almost like you're stuck in the past. (But then again, why shouldn't I show UC Berkeley pride with my email?)
--My berkeley.edu email address might result in people prejudging me as a pot-smoking liberal hippie tree-sitter.
