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I don't know. They focus on the professional: marketing themselves, finding jobs, keeping in touch with people... There's no shame in a resume service with a s

I don't know. They focus on the professional: marketing themselves, finding jobs, keeping in touch with people... There's no shame in a resume service with a social component. They bought Slideshare which - in my way of looking at things - forwards how they help people market themselves. Maybe they could probably do more with coding ability tests or partner with online education, but that's probably premature.

jroseattle 10y ago
Sure, but I just find that focus incredibly uninspiring. Twitter, FB, Instagram...they changed the way we communicate to those circles. Not that an equivalent parallel exists for LinkedIn, but it's like they're not really trying.
- formula1 10y ago
  A real world use can often be uninspiring. What would make solving a real world problem more interesting to you?
  - jroseattle 10y ago
    LinkedIn essentially has the graph of business professionals in the US and abroad. It's not the same as connection on FB or Twitter or elsewhere -- there is greater context. And yet, the features of LinkedIn are essentially just the connection base, and marketing to the network. It seems there is much greater depth that could be explored there, and that LinkedIn could be so much more than the Great Public Rolodex that it is.
summarite 10y ago
LinkedIn night Lynda.com, so they certainly intend to try the educational side.