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.
Common Era or Current Era (CE) is a name for a calendar era widely used around the world today. The era preceding CE is known as before the Common or Current Era. The Current Era notation system can be used as an alternative to the Dionysian era system, which distinguishes eras as AD and BC. The two notation systems are numerically equivalent; thus 2018 CE corresponds to AD 2018 and 400 BCE corresponds to 400 BC. Both notations refer to the Gregorian calendar. The year-numbering system a