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In addition to that I can’t help but to feel completely energy depleted after 5min of LinkedIn usage. The feed is just horrible. Everybody is doing great, no re

by baxtr 7y ago

In addition to that I can’t help but to feel completely energy depleted after 5min of LinkedIn usage. The feed is just horrible. Everybody is doing great, no real discussions going on, trashy superficial insight videos. I only log in to read messages, but I am not able to ignore the feed.

pmiller2 7y ago
> ...I can’t help but to feel completely energy depleted after 5min of LinkedIn usage. The feed is just horrible. Everybody is doing great, no real discussions going on.... Sounds like American workplace culture in a nutshell to me. If so, LinkedIn is actually doing it right.
opportune 7y ago
Yeah, I don't really understand the social network features of linkedin. I guess I add people as connections sometimes but even that doesn't really seem important. The only utility I get out of it is that I can put up my resume and get recruiters to contact me. Which more than makes up for everything else since it has led to job offers
- davedx 7y ago
  How many of those offers have actually resulted in you taking a position though? I know my LinkedIn signal:noise ratio (where signal is an actual commercial deal of some kind) is extremely terrible
  - opportune 7y ago
    One, which is still enough to make everything else worth it. I get pinged for random contractor positions from bodyshops sometimes but also have gotten pinged by FAANG and hedge funds/trading firms
  - treis 7y ago
    >How many of those offers have actually resulted in you taking a position though? 2 out of my last 4. There's a huge amount of spam. Mostly from big Indian firms looking for cheap labor to staff out a contract. But if you filter that out most of the other messages are legit that have a realistic potential of a job offer.
  - edmundsauto 7y ago
    I got the job of my life, paying 2.5x my previous salary, after being cold-contacted on linkedin.
- bootlooped 7y ago
  The only reason I have one is that I think potential employers would find it weird if I didn't. Many online application forms have fields for linkedin profile url. I may be mistaken, but I think sometimes it was even required.
tzakrajs 7y ago
It’s for practicing being a plastic, corporate drone. “Congratulations on hiding your misery for 10 years!!!”
- deleted 7y ago
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duxup 7y ago
The only fun on there is when a random person decides to get all trollish and political. The number of people willing to do that on LinkedIn is a bit shocking....

by baxtr 7y ago

pmiller2 7y ago

> ...I can’t help but to feel completely energy depleted after 5min of LinkedIn usage. The feed is just horrible. Everybody is doing great, no real discussions going on.... Sounds like American workplace culture in a nutshell to me. If so, LinkedIn is actually doing it right.

opportune 7y ago

Yeah, I don't really understand the social network features of linkedin. I guess I add people as connections sometimes but even that doesn't really seem important. The only utility I get out of it is that I can put up my resume and get recruiters to contact me. Which more than makes up for everything else since it has led to job offers

davedx 7y ago
How many of those offers have actually resulted in you taking a position though? I know my LinkedIn signal:noise ratio (where signal is an actual commercial deal of some kind) is extremely terrible
- opportune 7y ago
  One, which is still enough to make everything else worth it. I get pinged for random contractor positions from bodyshops sometimes but also have gotten pinged by FAANG and hedge funds/trading firms
- treis 7y ago
  >How many of those offers have actually resulted in you taking a position though? 2 out of my last 4. There's a huge amount of spam. Mostly from big Indian firms looking for cheap labor to staff out a contract. But if you filter that out most of the other messages are legit that have a realistic potential of a job offer.
- edmundsauto 7y ago
  I got the job of my life, paying 2.5x my previous salary, after being cold-contacted on linkedin.
bootlooped 7y ago
The only reason I have one is that I think potential employers would find it weird if I didn't. Many online application forms have fields for linkedin profile url. I may be mistaken, but I think sometimes it was even required.

tzakrajs 7y ago

It’s for practicing being a plastic, corporate drone. “Congratulations on hiding your misery for 10 years!!!”

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duxup 7y ago

The only fun on there is when a random person decides to get all trollish and political. The number of people willing to do that on LinkedIn is a bit shocking....