>> Am I missing anything? Possibly. A few years ago, a company I never heard of (and would have thus never considered) reached out to me on LinkedIn. The recr

>> Am I missing anything? Possibly. A few years ago, a company I never heard of (and would have thus never considered) reached out to me on LinkedIn. The recruiter wrote a thoughtful message connecting what they are looking for in the role to what he saw on my profile so I engaged with him. Several months later I was working at that company (both a huge pay increase and a very interesting experience.) This happened again a few months ago, minus the huge pay increase but still an interesting opportunity. If these two opportunities didn't come along - I am sure I'd be working somewhere else and be fine - but I am really glad I was able to connect with these. So again to answer your question >> Am I missing anything? How would you know what you're missing if you aren't receiving the opportunities? Maybe you can be working in a much more interesting place and making much more money instead of where you are - but if you don't let people tell you that you won't know.