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Same thing with LinkedIn for me specifically. I heard that it could be a great way to get a job. But then I tried it, was inundated with AI slop, and contacted

Same thing with LinkedIn for me specifically. I heard that it could be a great way to get a job. But then I tried it, was inundated with AI slop, and contacted by recruiters from companies that sounded dreadfully boring. And when it came to nearly 100% of the people I encountered there who were actually active, I'd rather freeze to death than work with them.

0xbadcafebee 1y ago
Use it to keep in contact with peers from previous jobs. When they see you're looking they'll refer you internally, and that is 1000% more likely to land a job than submitting applications cold.
- vouaobrasil 1y ago
  No thanks, I'd rather not use it at all. If people can't be bothered to keep in touch via email or something less disgusting than LinkedIn, I'm not interested in them anyway.
Aurornis 1y ago
The common way to use LinkedIn is to create a profile, keep it updated, and then ignore the platform until you need to use the job search function. The majority of people on LinkedIn aren't posting and interacting with things all day. To be honest, most people I know consider being highly active (posting) on LinkedIn to be a potential warning sign for a hire, because it's associated with people who will spend more time hustling on LinkedIn for their next job than working for your company.
- vouaobrasil 1y ago
  > The common way to use LinkedIn is to create a profile, keep it updated, and then ignore the platform until you need to use the job search function. Personally, I've had better luck finding jobs in other ways (searching companies websites, using more old-school platforms like Indeed), compared to LinkedIn.
- msgodel 1y ago
  I haven't posted to (or even logged into) LinkedIn since I was 17 (~15 years ago) and although I've never been hired by one even the ycombinator startups that demand it don't seem to mind and interview me.
- parpfish 1y ago
  linkedin is good at: - publicly hosting a resume in an "industry standard" format that can easily be shared - playing queens each day linkedin is bad at: - being a social media platform - accurately capturing real-world relationships/networks/skill assesements - everything else
- OnionBlender 1y ago
  I check LinkedIn to see who is the next person to be laid off from my previous employer. They post a picture of their badge and write this overly positive thank you to the company for the opportunity. They laid you off after 30 years in a group video call where you can't speak, don't thank them.
duxup 1y ago
The pattern of active LinkedIn posters has a weird thing where it gives off strong vibes of that one person at work who seems to have their hands in everything, but actually accomplishes nothing except to toot their own horn. In a general sense I'd love to hear about what people do, see where people I've worked with ... work and do now. LinkedIn should be the place I can do that right? And yet LinkedIn feels like such an artificial place that I would want nothing to do with the most active people posting as far as working with them.
p2detar 1y ago
I don’t how it is lately, but 4-5 years ago when I used LinkedIn to land a job, a recruiter sent me to a JavaScript interview instead of Java. Not sure what went wrong on their side but it was hilarious and a bit irritating.
rglover 1y ago
I saw one on LinkedIn that was so egregious of a lie I just stopped and paused. A guy claiming he vibe coded "30 startups" in a weekend (yes, 30—with some becoming instantly profitable/revenue generating) and then went on to shame actual developers as being "cooked" and "over" if they were taking their time to build something. Did he have any evidence or links to these 30 apps? Of course not. But that didn't stop him from lying and peacocking about it on LinkedIn. This is what scares me the most about social media. We've lost all sense of judgment of what makes someone a professional or expert and have delegated that to likes, comments, and subscribes. Everything is just a "hype" game now, and real honesty and truth are given a "eh, have anything that can entertain me?"
- ryandv 1y ago
  > We've lost all sense of judgment of what makes someone a professional or expert [...] Well you see, everybody is equal, especially in the age of AI which is the great cognitive equalizer (in the same way gunpowder and firearms equalized one's capacity for violence). There is no such thing as individual expertise now; expertise is soon to become the exclusive domain of AI. So yes, in the future, the only thing that will matter is hype, marketing, and how good of an "ideas guy" you are. Surface appearances don't need to have anything real underneath - that can just be synthesized and backfilled as needed, on demand, by the AI.
  - vouaobrasil 1y ago
    > Well you see, everybody is equal, especially in the age of AI which is the great cognitive equalizer (in the same way gunpowder and firearms equalized one's capacity for violence). There is no such thing as individual expertise now; expertise is soon to become the exclusive domain of AI. That is right, and it's a terrible shame because society has been built upon the uniqueness of individuals. The loss of that will be a very bit psychological hit to human beings and make life seem much more meaningless. Because in reality, it's demeaning to be an orchestrator of AI, and after the novelty of it wears off we will all be just pulling levers, having lost the uniqueness of our culture and spirit.

0xbadcafebee 1y ago

Use it to keep in contact with peers from previous jobs. When they see you're looking they'll refer you internally, and that is 1000% more likely to land a job than submitting applications cold.

vouaobrasil 1y ago
No thanks, I'd rather not use it at all. If people can't be bothered to keep in touch via email or something less disgusting than LinkedIn, I'm not interested in them anyway.

Aurornis 1y ago

The common way to use LinkedIn is to create a profile, keep it updated, and then ignore the platform until you need to use the job search function. The majority of people on LinkedIn aren't posting and interacting with things all day. To be honest, most people I know consider being highly active (posting) on LinkedIn to be a potential warning sign for a hire, because it's associated with people who will spend more time hustling on LinkedIn for their next job than working for your company.

vouaobrasil 1y ago
> The common way to use LinkedIn is to create a profile, keep it updated, and then ignore the platform until you need to use the job search function. Personally, I've had better luck finding jobs in other ways (searching companies websites, using more old-school platforms like Indeed), compared to LinkedIn.
msgodel 1y ago
I haven't posted to (or even logged into) LinkedIn since I was 17 (~15 years ago) and although I've never been hired by one even the ycombinator startups that demand it don't seem to mind and interview me.
parpfish 1y ago
linkedin is good at: - publicly hosting a resume in an "industry standard" format that can easily be shared - playing queens each day linkedin is bad at: - being a social media platform - accurately capturing real-world relationships/networks/skill assesements - everything else
OnionBlender 1y ago
I check LinkedIn to see who is the next person to be laid off from my previous employer. They post a picture of their badge and write this overly positive thank you to the company for the opportunity. They laid you off after 30 years in a group video call where you can't speak, don't thank them.

duxup 1y ago

The pattern of active LinkedIn posters has a weird thing where it gives off strong vibes of that one person at work who seems to have their hands in everything, but actually accomplishes nothing except to toot their own horn. In a general sense I'd love to hear about what people do, see where people I've worked with ... work and do now. LinkedIn should be the place I can do that right? And yet LinkedIn feels like such an artificial place that I would want nothing to do with the most active people posting as far as working with them.

p2detar 1y ago

I don’t how it is lately, but 4-5 years ago when I used LinkedIn to land a job, a recruiter sent me to a JavaScript interview instead of Java. Not sure what went wrong on their side but it was hilarious and a bit irritating.

rglover 1y ago

I saw one on LinkedIn that was so egregious of a lie I just stopped and paused. A guy claiming he vibe coded "30 startups" in a weekend (yes, 30—with some becoming instantly profitable/revenue generating) and then went on to shame actual developers as being "cooked" and "over" if they were taking their time to build something. Did he have any evidence or links to these 30 apps? Of course not. But that didn't stop him from lying and peacocking about it on LinkedIn. This is what scares me the most about social media. We've lost all sense of judgment of what makes someone a professional or expert and have delegated that to likes, comments, and subscribes. Everything is just a "hype" game now, and real honesty and truth are given a "eh, have anything that can entertain me?"

ryandv 1y ago
> We've lost all sense of judgment of what makes someone a professional or expert [...] Well you see, everybody is equal, especially in the age of AI which is the great cognitive equalizer (in the same way gunpowder and firearms equalized one's capacity for violence). There is no such thing as individual expertise now; expertise is soon to become the exclusive domain of AI. So yes, in the future, the only thing that will matter is hype, marketing, and how good of an "ideas guy" you are. Surface appearances don't need to have anything real underneath - that can just be synthesized and backfilled as needed, on demand, by the AI.
- vouaobrasil 1y ago
  > Well you see, everybody is equal, especially in the age of AI which is the great cognitive equalizer (in the same way gunpowder and firearms equalized one's capacity for violence). There is no such thing as individual expertise now; expertise is soon to become the exclusive domain of AI. That is right, and it's a terrible shame because society has been built upon the uniqueness of individuals. The loss of that will be a very bit psychological hit to human beings and make life seem much more meaningless. Because in reality, it's demeaning to be an orchestrator of AI, and after the novelty of it wears off we will all be just pulling levers, having lost the uniqueness of our culture and spirit.