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> Shortly after I connected with an eagle-eyed Pulitzer Prize and Emmy nominated journalist/producer (who perhaps was initially fooled by my impressive credenti

by laurex 8y ago

> Shortly after I connected with an eagle-eyed Pulitzer Prize and Emmy nominated journalist/producer (who perhaps was initially fooled by my impressive credentials to accept my request), I received an angry message from him. “Don’t know who you are,” he wrote, “but neither school you list offers the majors or degrees you claim to have so I’m deleting you from my contacts." Dying. Nice work.

orcdork 8y ago
That part felt petty & mean spirited to me. If anything the person was playing "the game" in the way it should be played, yet the author felt the urge to unnecessary ridicule them (even anonymously so).
- Rexxar 8y ago
  It's all other who are ridiculed imho. It was the only person who do a basic check.
- romwell 8y ago
  It should be pointed out that the degrees in question were as follows: Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) Majors: * International Business * A+ Degree: Bachelor of Arts Majors: * Farm Sciences * Straight A's Perhaps the surprise and indignation of a person who discovered that "Straight A's" is not a real major in Yale does have some comic value.
aberoham 8y ago
> Work your way through the corporate food chain like an intestinal parasite at a gratis conference buffet. lol, priceless!
everdev 8y ago
> In 2014, I founded the company LinkedIn Skill Endorsements, and after posting on Twitter that I was charging ten cents for endorsements (a limited time discount from the usual 50 cents), I snagged three customers. I sent them a welcome email. Note the highly inflated “change fee.” As soon as their payments were processed in PayPal, I endorsed them for things like “alcoholism,” “horse care,” “blood,” and “solid waste.” Since this is stuff most people wouldn’t want on their resume, they’d be forced to pay me a $10,000 fee to remove the terrible endorsements. Lol, this guy is too much.
- rikkus 8y ago
  Whatever happened to the custom endorsements? It only seems to allow ones that 'match' your declared skills now.
  - voicedYoda 8y ago
    Not sure, but i still have awesomeness!
    - romwell 8y ago
      A bunch of friends endorsed me for "Cooking". It's not untrue :)
anacleto 8y ago
could get the title of: "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About LinkedIn * But Were Afraid to Ask"

by laurex 8y ago

orcdork 8y ago

That part felt petty & mean spirited to me. If anything the person was playing "the game" in the way it should be played, yet the author felt the urge to unnecessary ridicule them (even anonymously so).

Rexxar 8y ago
It's all other who are ridiculed imho. It was the only person who do a basic check.
romwell 8y ago
It should be pointed out that the degrees in question were as follows: Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) Majors: * International Business * A+ Degree: Bachelor of Arts Majors: * Farm Sciences * Straight A's Perhaps the surprise and indignation of a person who discovered that "Straight A's" is not a real major in Yale does have some comic value.

aberoham 8y ago

> Work your way through the corporate food chain like an intestinal parasite at a gratis conference buffet. lol, priceless!

everdev 8y ago

> In 2014, I founded the company LinkedIn Skill Endorsements, and after posting on Twitter that I was charging ten cents for endorsements (a limited time discount from the usual 50 cents), I snagged three customers. I sent them a welcome email. Note the highly inflated “change fee.” As soon as their payments were processed in PayPal, I endorsed them for things like “alcoholism,” “horse care,” “blood,” and “solid waste.” Since this is stuff most people wouldn’t want on their resume, they’d be forced to pay me a $10,000 fee to remove the terrible endorsements. Lol, this guy is too much.

rikkus 8y ago
Whatever happened to the custom endorsements? It only seems to allow ones that 'match' your declared skills now.
- voicedYoda 8y ago
  Not sure, but i still have awesomeness!
  - romwell 8y ago
    A bunch of friends endorsed me for "Cooking". It's not untrue :)

anacleto 8y ago

could get the title of: "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About LinkedIn * But Were Afraid to Ask"