Researchers at Lab 42 asked 500 LinkedIn users that question and many more, and came up with a variety of answers in this infographic. Among the fun facts they uncovered: We found it interesting the way top level executives use the service in vastly different ways from entry-level workers.
BCE stands for  Before the common era . BC means  Before Christ,  or  Before the Messiah.  Both measure the number of years before the approximate birthday of Yeshua/Jesus. Designation of a year in BC and BCE also have identical values. Many people assume that Yeshua/Jesus was born at the end of 1 BCE.
For the Queens of the Stone Age album, see Era Vulgaris (album). Common Era or Current Era, abbreviated CE, is a calendar era that is often used as an alternative naming of the Anno Domini era (in the year of the Lord), abbreviated AD. The system uses BCE as an abbreviation for before the Common (or Current) Era and CE as an abbreviation for Common Era.