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We as an industry should just stop using LimkedIn

by caseyf7 3y ago

janalsncm 3y ago
And do what instead?
- pokeb 3y ago
  Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die. The Linux kernel has been developed by email since the beginning. It runs the world. All the other crap we layered on was resource wasting “job creation” that gave MS, Meta, and the like outsized reach and influence These days I appreciate my computer engineering degree; we’ll always need AI capable hardware. Not so much the filesystem taxonomy police.
  - andsoitis 3y ago
    > Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die. Sounds like you’re either in the privileged position to not have to earn a living or you earn a living outside the software industry. For many of us, we prefer to get paid to write software and make interesting products.
    - ipaddr 3y ago
      Thousands of people make a living off open source and many are interesting products. Going commercial makes it easier to make a living. If making a living on open source is privileged, that privilege comes from hard work and some luck.
      - andsoitis 3y ago
        > Thousands of people make a living off open source Meanwhile, there are an estimated 26.9 million professional software engineers in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_demograph...
    - pokeb 3y ago
      Many of us prefer otherwise. Why is my identity coupled to serving your sensibilities? Compensation just means money cause the story goes that makes primates still coupled to Earth and social norms (make money) freer? Ok. Yeah. Why is how I have to utilized technology coupled to your preference to make money? Just as arbitrary a social ideology as religion, since it’s not a divine mandate. It’s just clinging to some abstract historical barnacle, LARPing proper stewardship of reality. LLMs hallucinate because humans hallucinate.
  - unmole 3y ago
    How old are you? I ask because this is puerile nonsense.
    - pokeb 3y ago
      You’re just another of billions of primates. It’s just as puerile to think your view is sacrosanct. None of the primates eviscerating the environment for video games and comic book movies have the moral high ground.
muzani 3y ago
I ignored it for a decade and things went fine. But for some reason, more people took LinkedIn seriously, and it has become the most stable of social media.
ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
I have never used LinkedIn my entire life. I had a very good career and now a very good business without being on that spam infested platform.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y ago
  I have an account but have never gotten any value out of it. Just a bit of recruiter spam. I'm not really sure what its purpose is. Just apply for jobs the old fashioned way, I don't see how a friend of a friend of a friend can possibly lend any credibility whatsoever.
  - scrollaway 3y ago
    Depending on your sector, it might be a messaging/intro platform, it might also be a way for people to do a quick background check on you without asking for your CV.
Trias11 3y ago
We should use it (or anything else) but not rely on it. If it's useful while it lasts, why not. Always have Plan B, C, D, etc... Internet is polluted with horror stories from clueless users: "omg (youtube|facebook|linkdin|(tele|insta)gram) banned me and my business! Help!"

We as an industry should just stop using LimkedIn

janalsncm 3y ago

And do what instead?

pokeb 3y ago
Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die. The Linux kernel has been developed by email since the beginning. It runs the world. All the other crap we layered on was resource wasting “job creation” that gave MS, Meta, and the like outsized reach and influence These days I appreciate my computer engineering degree; we’ll always need AI capable hardware. Not so much the filesystem taxonomy police.
- andsoitis 3y ago
  > Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die. Sounds like you’re either in the privileged position to not have to earn a living or you earn a living outside the software industry. For many of us, we prefer to get paid to write software and make interesting products.
  - ipaddr 3y ago
    Thousands of people make a living off open source and many are interesting products. Going commercial makes it easier to make a living. If making a living on open source is privileged, that privilege comes from hard work and some luck.
    - andsoitis 3y ago
      > Thousands of people make a living off open source Meanwhile, there are an estimated 26.9 million professional software engineers in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_demograph...
  - pokeb 3y ago
    Many of us prefer otherwise. Why is my identity coupled to serving your sensibilities? Compensation just means money cause the story goes that makes primates still coupled to Earth and social norms (make money) freer? Ok. Yeah. Why is how I have to utilized technology coupled to your preference to make money? Just as arbitrary a social ideology as religion, since it’s not a divine mandate. It’s just clinging to some abstract historical barnacle, LARPing proper stewardship of reality. LLMs hallucinate because humans hallucinate.
- unmole 3y ago
  How old are you? I ask because this is puerile nonsense.
  - pokeb 3y ago
    You’re just another of billions of primates. It’s just as puerile to think your view is sacrosanct. None of the primates eviscerating the environment for video games and comic book movies have the moral high ground.

muzani 3y ago

I ignored it for a decade and things went fine. But for some reason, more people took LinkedIn seriously, and it has become the most stable of social media.

ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago

I have never used LinkedIn my entire life. I had a very good career and now a very good business without being on that spam infested platform.

8n4vidtmkvmk 3y ago
I have an account but have never gotten any value out of it. Just a bit of recruiter spam. I'm not really sure what its purpose is. Just apply for jobs the old fashioned way, I don't see how a friend of a friend of a friend can possibly lend any credibility whatsoever.
- scrollaway 3y ago
  Depending on your sector, it might be a messaging/intro platform, it might also be a way for people to do a quick background check on you without asking for your CV.

Trias11 3y ago

We should use it (or anything else) but not rely on it. If it's useful while it lasts, why not. Always have Plan B, C, D, etc... Internet is polluted with horror stories from clueless users: "omg (youtube|facebook|linkdin|(tele|insta)gram) banned me and my business! Help!"