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Deleting the LinkedIn account and becoming social network -free
Warhawk:
It's Sunday evening here and I hoped that this topic would interest some. After many years, I deleted my LinkedIn account. I do not have any social media now and it feels right (now). I used to be happy with the idea of maintaining the professional network but
it became overwhelming about the time when MS took over. I was particularly not happy with:
* Tons of connection requests from people I've never met.
* Facebook-like content in the feed (I did not follow any specific channel or people).
* Technical articles are actually marketing promotions.
* It was giving me nothing. I received a few job offers from obviously desperate head-hunters who did not even read the profile. I received just a single interesting job offer but this was initiated by my ex-manager who left the company and was starting a new team.
* I visit customers and do technical presentations. Often people searched me afterward and wanted to stay in touch. I always felt guilty refusing their connection although I don't care for them aside from business.
* I am an introvert, nerd and I don't like people. (it's different here on the EEVBLOG, I think I am with my species)
Sure I am a terrible person but what are your first thoughts when somebody says linkedin? What does linkedin mean to you?
I am just curious.
golden_labels:
--- Quote from: Warhawk on April 19, 2020, 10:13:46 pm ---Sure I am a terrible person but what are your first thoughts when somebody says linkedin? What does linkedin mean to you?
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A place where one goes to buy personal information focused on professional career.
WattsThat:
Means nothing unless you’re in the market for a job. It’s just FaceBook for the gainfully employed.
The social media sites are the first place HR types visit and they will form opinions from what they see, it may cost you moving to the next stage of the process. Hiring today is vastly different than what it was ten years ago and the bigger the company, the more it has changed, especially for older, white males, at least in USA. Yeah, it’s true, the amount of reverse discrimination is absolutely stunning. It’s a very good time for females in engineering. Female plus minority status and you go to front of the queue regardless of experience.
My job is identical to yours and I’ve got six months to go before I’m able to retire early. My employer of 12 years just put about 20% of the employees on a 50-50 furlough, one week on, one week off so it’s a 50% pay cut. Actually more than that since other deductions like health care and my car allowance remain at 100%. Ouch. If I wasn’t so close to retirement, I’d change jobs just on principle and that’s where the LinkedIn thing becomes an issue as I’ve never built my up my “brand”. I just couldn’t be bothered, never cared out it. Now I do but it’s too late. Oh well.
coppice:
--- Quote from: Warhawk on April 19, 2020, 10:13:46 pm ---Sure I am a terrible person but what are your first thoughts when somebody says linkedin? What does linkedin mean to you?
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Like Hormel, Linkedin is the place that spam comes from.
digsys:
Yeah similar BUT - I turn off all notifications etc that I can - never reply to any requests, unless they are people I know well and want to "talk" to - keep a "dumping ground" email addy for sites etc that HAVE to have an email and I want to keep an eye on - I log in app once a week to see IF there are ANY interesting techie news .. often not, but I do like reading some amusing posts from acquaintances :-)
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