To me LinkedIn is useful as a self-updating list of contacts. I actually got a job this way: spotted a decent low-buzzword job ad, banged the company name into

To me LinkedIn is useful as a self-updating list of contacts. I actually got a job this way: spotted a decent low-buzzword job ad, banged the company name into LI, a friend popped up who I didn't know worked there. I got the job, he got the referral bonus. Double win. Maybe we'd still get it without LinkedIn but one sure thing is that LI made it very fast and convenient.