My former manager found out I wrote some articles and submitted questions on SQLServerCentral and he kept encourage me doing it. My new manager the first thing he said was 'I knew you posted questions on some website, but people may give you the wrong answer so I don't think you should keep doing it'.

I was thinking this guy did not want me to post the question because one time he asked me to do something, I posted the question here and everyone said it was bad idea. I knew it was a bad idea, I posted the question to make sure. He did not want his people to post the question because he did not want his people to know he was not good.

As far as the company, not to mention about the blog, if you talked to someone next to your cube and some people overheard it, they may immediately told your manager that you were not working.

So everyone in the company was frustrated but was afraid to say anything. They did not welcome new employee either because they viewed it was a threat to their job. That's the reason why I am looking for another job.

Each company has its corporate culture. Some are opened door but some are totally closed.