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What is the next best platform to move to?

by zwilliamson 3y ago

densh 3y ago
If you haven’t tried fediverse apps yet, you should.
- constantly 3y ago
  “Hey sorry hiring manager but your instance isn’t peered with my instance so you can’t see my job history.”
gaoshan 3y ago
This is actually a great question because LinkedIn has become ubiquitous in the professional world and I cannot, for the life of me, think of anything that is currently available to replace it. Could someone build it? Sure. Could someone gain the mindshare (and marketshare that it has)? Someday?
izzydata 3y ago
Meatspace. I don't think any digital platform is ever going to fill that role. By default anything online is already way less genuine feeling.
- deepspace 3y ago
  > Meatspace Easy to say flippantly, but my colleagues (let alone my network) are distributed across 10+ countries on four continents. My local 'meatspace' has nothing to offer me career-wise. A professional network needs to be online.
  - iancmceachern 3y ago
    It doesn't have to stay that way. You could work to build connections locally as well.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    But it doesn't need to be through a third-party website. It's entirely possible to cultivate and maintain such a professional network by directly communicating with people. That's what I do, and it causes no trouble.
- chasd00 3y ago
  Meatspace isn’t going to work that well going forward because of wfh making physical proximity irrelevant. I’m contemplating a move to a company located in NYC but I live in Dallas (it’s wfh obviously). I wouldn’t have been able to make that relationship in meatspace as I’d never even heard of the company before let alone shook the hands of someone who worked there.
gopher2000 3y ago
The one that most others moves to. Until then, being a pioneer in terms of moving early to a new professional networking platform with little people on it just seems pointless.
Moldoteck 3y ago
Indeed?
pcmaffey 3y ago
Your own website + email.

What is the next best platform to move to?

densh 3y ago

If you haven’t tried fediverse apps yet, you should.

constantly 3y ago
“Hey sorry hiring manager but your instance isn’t peered with my instance so you can’t see my job history.”

gaoshan 3y ago

This is actually a great question because LinkedIn has become ubiquitous in the professional world and I cannot, for the life of me, think of anything that is currently available to replace it. Could someone build it? Sure. Could someone gain the mindshare (and marketshare that it has)? Someday?

izzydata 3y ago

Meatspace. I don't think any digital platform is ever going to fill that role. By default anything online is already way less genuine feeling.

deepspace 3y ago
> Meatspace Easy to say flippantly, but my colleagues (let alone my network) are distributed across 10+ countries on four continents. My local 'meatspace' has nothing to offer me career-wise. A professional network needs to be online.
- iancmceachern 3y ago
  It doesn't have to stay that way. You could work to build connections locally as well.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  But it doesn't need to be through a third-party website. It's entirely possible to cultivate and maintain such a professional network by directly communicating with people. That's what I do, and it causes no trouble.
chasd00 3y ago
Meatspace isn’t going to work that well going forward because of wfh making physical proximity irrelevant. I’m contemplating a move to a company located in NYC but I live in Dallas (it’s wfh obviously). I wouldn’t have been able to make that relationship in meatspace as I’d never even heard of the company before let alone shook the hands of someone who worked there.

gopher2000 3y ago

The one that most others moves to. Until then, being a pioneer in terms of moving early to a new professional networking platform with little people on it just seems pointless.

Moldoteck 3y ago

Indeed?

pcmaffey 3y ago

Your own website + email.