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This has been my experience as well. Obviously something else to consider is that the author has held roles at various well-known companies, and from that alone
by mnicole 14y ago
This has been my experience as well. Obviously something else to consider is that the author has held roles at various well-known companies, and from that alone I'd wager the amount of noise he receives is greater than the average Joe.
I'll be interested in what the endorsements do in the long-term as well. In my circles, I've already seen a lot of people endorsed for skills they don't have, and it is only getting worse. Because of the way LinkedIn coerces people to endorse, lot of non-technical co-workers of mine have tried endorsing me for things they've never even heard of, assuming that LinkedIn is making this assumption based on something else I have written on my profile, which I think is a big part of the problem.
- codegeek 14y agoYea I totally agree about the endorsement feature. I think it is not working out well. But isn't the endorsement suggestion based on what you list in your profile ? For example, I get endorsements for things that I have listed in my skills keywords.
- mnicole 14y agoI believe initially it does, but I know one of my co-workers was endorsed for a framework he'd never even heard of before and that our co-worker "endorsed because it sounded techie!" I believe you can even add custom ones for other people, as someone tagged me as simply "Front-end", and as a woman that's a little awkward, if not vague in and of itself. I almost wish there was a way for me to approve them, because depending on who the endorsement comes from (i.e. if they are someone I've never even worked with before or like the aforementioned scenario, I don't even work in the same department as that person), it means absolutely nothing and I'd expect smarter employers to pick up on that. I'm already concerned that if it looks like I'm farming endorsements, I won't be taken seriously.
- typicalrunt 14y agoWhat worries me about endorsements the most is that there is no stopping someone from listing a bunch of the hottest skills, and then asking his friends to endorse him for it. At least with the people endorsement you have to write a small blurb about why you are endorsing the person, but with the skills endorsement I just need to click a link.
- mnicole 14y agoTotally agree, and I've seen completely unqualified people that I thought knew better do this and wished there was an (anonymous) opposite-of-endorsement.