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I think plausibly your cv, recommendations from people and credentials could be listed on a Blockchain and verified by your id tied to it, but: - I don’t see w

by ssss11 5y ago

I think plausibly your cv, recommendations from people and credentials could be listed on a Blockchain and verified by your id tied to it, but: - I don’t see why you need NFTs - I don’t see how it’s better than e.g LinkedIn. Or maybe it could be the back end to LI’s front end It’s really a distributed way of storing your cv - how does that benefit your job search? One comment in the thread was that employers would search and compile your experience, in order to end up to selecting you…. So why aren’t they doing that now on LinkedIn as all that info is there already?

jacobclaerhout 5y ago
Linkedin is a walled garden. They make it really hard to use "their data" - the professional profiles of their users - outside their ecosystem, which makes sense as their business model optimises to sell Linkedin Recruiter Licences. The fact that professional identities live in a closed ecosystem prevents real innovation to happen on top of the network.
- ssss11 5y ago
  Good response thanks I had completely overlooked that aspect
Ekaros 5y ago
Why do we even need NFT or blockchain? Couldn't we just have some open standard and maybe PGP for endorsements? Now generating chain from PGP might be bit more tricky, but I don't see blockchains or NFTs adding anything extra.
- jacobclaerhout 5y ago
  Having an on-chain professional profile that is part of your (web3) identity does make sense to me. People are already willing to share their Linkedin profile with the world, why not replicate that in a system that is user-owner vs. Microsoft owned.
  - midenginedcoupe 5y ago
    So put it on your own website, or as part of your profile on any of the tons of other sites you use professionally. Burning the planet to share a cv with a handful of people is bonkers.
marginalia_nu 5y ago
In the buzzword industry, the goal is typically finding a problem for the solution you're hyping, rather than finding a solution to your problem like how the rest of the world typically operates.

by ssss11 5y ago

jacobclaerhout 5y ago

Linkedin is a walled garden. They make it really hard to use "their data" - the professional profiles of their users - outside their ecosystem, which makes sense as their business model optimises to sell Linkedin Recruiter Licences. The fact that professional identities live in a closed ecosystem prevents real innovation to happen on top of the network.

ssss11 5y ago
Good response thanks I had completely overlooked that aspect

Ekaros 5y ago

Why do we even need NFT or blockchain? Couldn't we just have some open standard and maybe PGP for endorsements? Now generating chain from PGP might be bit more tricky, but I don't see blockchains or NFTs adding anything extra.

jacobclaerhout 5y ago
Having an on-chain professional profile that is part of your (web3) identity does make sense to me. People are already willing to share their Linkedin profile with the world, why not replicate that in a system that is user-owner vs. Microsoft owned.
- midenginedcoupe 5y ago
  So put it on your own website, or as part of your profile on any of the tons of other sites you use professionally. Burning the planet to share a cv with a handful of people is bonkers.

marginalia_nu 5y ago

In the buzzword industry, the goal is typically finding a problem for the solution you're hyping, rather than finding a solution to your problem like how the rest of the world typically operates.