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I've closed my LinkedIn account half a year ago and besides less spam from recruiters, my life goes on happily. I don't think LinkedIn brought any value to me
by delegate 10y ago
I've closed my LinkedIn account half a year ago and besides less spam from recruiters, my life goes on happily.
I don't think LinkedIn brought any value to me or to my career.. I didn't find a better job and frankly I probably don't want the job that someone on LinkedIn is offering.
$ 26B / 450M users ~= $57 / user
That's how much MS paid for my account. So they think it's valuable, but not for me.
- ryandrake 10y agoI've got mixed feelings about LinkedIn. On one hand, they're the poster child for dark patterns and persistently trying to sneakily vacuum up and monetize your personal info. On the other hand, and apparently unlike most of HN, I appreciate recruiters reaching out to me and try to answer as many of them as I can even if it's just a polite "no thank you". It's nice to know what's out there even if it's mostly "bottom of the barrel" type jobs. It's also nice to have an easily updatable "online resume". Even if the value LinkedIn provides is $0.01 it's better than a resume in document form sitting on my hard drive which provides me zero value. I figure as long as I am careful and use reasonable op-sec, using LinkedIn can't hurt, even if it doesn't really help much.