// Out of curiosity, what niche does Linkedin fill for your day-to-day work? Not the original poster but I'll take a stab: Someone says "I know a guy you may

// Out of curiosity, what niche does Linkedin fill for your day-to-day work? Not the original poster but I'll take a stab: Someone says "I know a guy you may be interested for your team." Guess what the first thing I do is? I have a meeting with someone (internal or external) that I hadn't met yet. Guess what I look up before I meet them? Who do I know who works at Bank of America (or whatever.) Guess where I can find an answer in two seconds? If you life doesn't involve meeting/evaluating/finding people then I guess you don't need LI. But really - you can go through your whole work life and not be interested in the professional background of people you are meeting etc?