> I've been gainfully employed in industry for ~2 decades Seems like you have the social network you need and the others would simply be a waste of time. When

> I've been gainfully employed in industry for ~2 decades Seems like you have the social network you need and the others would simply be a waste of time. When I have a meeting with someone I don't already know I like to look them up on linkedin beforehand. But occasionally someone doesn't have a profile (or a useful one) there and that's OK by me. It's just a convenience feature ("Oh look, they worked at XXX too!"). If your company wants all that fluff, and you don't work in the company's marketing department, there's something wrong with the company.