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I still find amusing how much faith people put into LinkedIn. I gave myself some (very) fake awards, and yet I had people come up to me and ask about them. I al

I still find amusing how much faith people put into LinkedIn. I gave myself some (very) fake awards, and yet I had people come up to me and ask about them. I also tried to get people to endorse me for procrastination, but couldn't find a contact willing to use their account for something not 100% business. I have no idea how they managed to get such a high reputation.

bshimmin 11y ago
My brother endorsed me on LinkedIn for Git. I'm about 90% sure he wasn't talking about version control.
drb311 11y ago
"I also tried to get people to endorse me for procrastination" I will.
- VLM 11y ago
  The right answer is "I've been meaning to endorse you but I've been really busy and I'll get to it real soon now". Speaking of procrastination, the original author should consider that procrastinating is observationally the same as not using. The original author is of the strange binary opinion that having an account means having to use the service. There's nothing wrong with setting up an account then basically abandoning it. Thus no weird interview discussions about "no account". I'm part of the post-FB, post-linkedin, post-twitter generation and I don't use those services more than once a year or so, but I do have accounts specifically designed and curated for the amusement of older HR-types. Aside from social media job descriptions, no interview ever ended early because "I don't goof off online very much". So set up the account and procrastinate at using it.
griffinmb 11y ago
I've been wanting to put "Time's Person of the Year 2006" as an award for a while now. Though, if I thought of it, I'm sure it's not exactly original.
petetnt 11y ago
My favorite part is when people endorse me for stuff I am sure they have never seen me do. Most of my endorsements are waaay outside of my core skills which just makes the whole skill thing look really silly.
drb311 11y ago
Sorry I haven't got round to doing this yet.

bshimmin 11y ago

My brother endorsed me on LinkedIn for Git. I'm about 90% sure he wasn't talking about version control.

drb311 11y ago

"I also tried to get people to endorse me for procrastination" I will.

VLM 11y ago
The right answer is "I've been meaning to endorse you but I've been really busy and I'll get to it real soon now". Speaking of procrastination, the original author should consider that procrastinating is observationally the same as not using. The original author is of the strange binary opinion that having an account means having to use the service. There's nothing wrong with setting up an account then basically abandoning it. Thus no weird interview discussions about "no account". I'm part of the post-FB, post-linkedin, post-twitter generation and I don't use those services more than once a year or so, but I do have accounts specifically designed and curated for the amusement of older HR-types. Aside from social media job descriptions, no interview ever ended early because "I don't goof off online very much". So set up the account and procrastinate at using it.

griffinmb 11y ago

I've been wanting to put "Time's Person of the Year 2006" as an award for a while now. Though, if I thought of it, I'm sure it's not exactly original.

petetnt 11y ago

My favorite part is when people endorse me for stuff I am sure they have never seen me do. Most of my endorsements are waaay outside of my core skills which just makes the whole skill thing look really silly.

drb311 11y ago

Sorry I haven't got round to doing this yet.