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I deleted my LinkedIn account a while ago hoping to never look back but unfortunately it's impossible to completely avoid it if you are in business of any kind,
by mojuba 5y ago
I deleted my LinkedIn account a while ago hoping to never look back but unfortunately it's impossible to completely avoid it if you are in business of any kind, in any capacity. At the very least when you look up a potential hire (or a potential employer, partner, etc) you end up on their LinkedIn profile in the majority of cases. For this, I keep a zero-contact account under a different email so that I can preview people's and companies profiles.
For my online CV I settled at AngelList. Not as creepy and invasive as LinkedIn, very clean and honest UI, does the job of presenting your positions and projects just fine.
- yawboakye 5y agoI haven’t had a LinkedIn account for the last ~5 years. In that time I’ve changed jobs about twice. I didn’t need it for the search nor did the companies require me too. My CV and other online profiles (aka GitHub) were enough. Possibly anecdotal but it appears to be very possible to ditch LinkedIn and thrive.