As a hiring manager LinkedIn profiles are a huge window into someone's professional side, just like github may be a huge window into their technical side. As a

As a hiring manager LinkedIn profiles are a huge window into someone's professional side, just like github may be a huge window into their technical side. As a candidate I think LinkedIn is absolute trash - and toxic with all the ghost jobs and dark patterns. Feels like everyone else has the same opinion, or at the very least it is a common one. But when I have 50 candidates to review for 5 open positions, LinkedIn is going to give me great insight that I cannot really get anywhere else. I keep my profile current in the hopes that I'm not doing it for LinkedIn, but for the person researching me to see if I am a valid candidate for their role.