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.
If you saw a date reference followed by the letters BC, you'd be likely to know that whatever was being described happened a jolly long time ago. But if you saw one preceded or followed by the letters CE, would you be clear about its position in the sequence of time? For the uninitiated, CE is an abbreviation of the expression Common Era, and in 2011, it's proving rather controversial. CE and BCE â¦ were conceived as â¦ expressions that are not specifically anchored in Christianity and are therefore sensitive to all and any of the world's religions and belief systems.