Okay, so I needed to dig up info on someone named France Dupont for a project. Honestly? Didn’t know squat about her at first. Just a name floating around. Here’s exactly what I did, step-by-step.
Starting From Scratch
First thing? I opened up that search bar we all use. You know, the big one. Typed in “France Dupont”. Hit enter. Absolute garbage results. Like 50 million people with that name popped up. Social media profiles, old forum posts, some LinkedIn ghosts – total chaos.
Thought, “Man, this ain’t working.” Needed to pick it apart. Added basic stuff anyone might know. Where she might live. What she does. Anything. Tried “France Dupont Paris”. A little better, but still useless noise. Kept scrolling through pages. Felt like digging through a dumpster.
Getting Specific
Remembered I heard she was into tech stuff. Threw in “France Dupont software engineer”. Jackpot! Suddenly, a few profiles started standing out. Her LinkedIn was near the top. Clicked that. Bingo! Picture, job title, past companies right there. Basic stuff, but enough breadcrumbs.
Copied her latest company name from LinkedIn. Back to the search bar. Did “France Dupont [Company Name]”. Boom! An interview article popped up from tech blog. Quoting her about some project. There’s her voice, her actual work mentioned. Score one.
Connecting The Dots
Kept clicking through those search results. Found some professional network site listing her job history. Matched what LinkedIn had. Then, deeper into Google’s butt. Page 3 or 4 of results – yeah, I went there. Found a PDF conference schedule. She presented at some industry meetup two years ago. Topic? Exactly what my project needed. Grabbed the PDF title.
Hopped over to GitHub. Searched her name. Found an old repo where she contributed code years back. No recent stuff, but username matched her LinkedIn handle pattern. Just a little extra confirmation.
Wrapping It Up
Finally, double-checked everything. LinkedIn job history matched her interview quotes. Conference topic aligned with her GitHub contribution. Usernames weren’t random gibberish – all tied to her professional vibe.
The takeaway?
- Start wide then crush it down: Throw the name out first, then bury it under details you uncover piece by piece.
- Stalk professionally first: LinkedIn plus company name gets you 70% there.
- Dig past page one: Real gems hide where people are too lazy to click.
Whole thing took maybe an hour? Felt longer scrubbing through trash results. But once you lock onto a thread – like her job or industry – the rest clicks fast. No magic, just grinding through the noise.
