LinkedIn has been a great tool for me and was instrumental in getting my latest job. What started as an answer to a call for technical writers ended up in a ful

LinkedIn has been a great tool for me and was instrumental in getting my latest job. What started as an answer to a call for technical writers ended up in a full time job in my industry (web hosting) with people I'd never have known otherwise. So yeah. Why not? Sure, there are downsides to LinkedIn, but get what you want out of it, ignore the rest.