People were hired before LinkedIn and they will be hired long after LinkedIn. LinkedIn has incredible lock in though, far beyond mere network effects; they hav

People were hired before LinkedIn and they will be hired long after LinkedIn. LinkedIn has incredible lock in though, far beyond mere network effects; they have convinced many people that you might miss out big time if you leave. In a society where the only endpoint that matters is your career and productivity as measured within it, missing an opportunity is effectively suicide. In other words, they exploit people’s tendency towards regret minimisation. Leaving is now equivalent to quitting the lottery after having bought the same numbers for the past thirty years. The kicker is that practically all the value LinkedIn provides comes from its users. LinkedIn didn’t win you a job, you did! Probably best to give it up by not taking it up.