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LinkedIn doesn't even recognize Rust as a language you can select. You can select Perl, Fortran and Cobol, but Rust? Crickets. I asked them half a year ago if
by weinzierl 2y ago
LinkedIn doesn't even recognize Rust as a language you can select.
You can select Perl, Fortran and Cobol, but Rust? Crickets.
I asked them half a year ago if they would add it. I included a few sources, e.g. the StackOvflow survey and a couple of sources that showed LinkedIn's parent Microsoft's investment in Rust, but I only got stock answers.
So, Rust has some way to go.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoI doubt you can "ask" a company like LinkedIn. Your best chance is probably their Twitter account manager responding to your tweet.
- throw-the-towel 2y agoWhat exactly do you mean? I do have Rust as a "skill" on my LinkedIn, for what it's worth.
- weinzierl 2y ago"Skills" is a free-form field, I can add "foobar cook" as a skill if I like. I mean the "What kind of work you are open to" section that is relevant for being matched to open positions. I just rechecked a moment ago and still no way express that I am open for Rust positions.
- Sharlin 2y agoI wonder if that's telling more about LinkedIn than Rust.
- weinzierl 2y ago... and in extension about Microsoft. When it comes to Rust they definitely talk the talk but do that walk the walk too?
- pjmlp 2y agoThey do to the extent of having rewriten Pluton firmware into Rust with TockOS, Azure Boost NICs running Rust on their firmware, being the second official language on the Azure Sphere OS SDK, rewriting GDI region handling code in Rust, now shipping on Windows 11 vlatest,...