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Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

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Re: Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

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Post by anilgulecha »

jiaweihli wrote: post #140
anilgulecha wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wow, that's an ingenious hack that makes a lot of sense in hindsight. What was your thought process and how did it lead to that? Was it solving a similar problem in another domain? I've read your comment thrice and have not been able to understand it! It's starts out mildly reasonable, then drifts out into bot-territory

I'm mildly offended that you trivialized my comment. I'm even more confused because I believe my questions are completely valid, and you're not taking them at face value. To rephrase: Have you ever encountered a flash of insight that seemed to approach a challenge from a completely different angle? It could be something like someone solving a deeply technical problem in a non-technical way, or the first time you were…

Apologies -- I could have phrased it better. Your explanation above provides clear context for your original question.

Re: Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

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Post by leeny »

mendicantB wrote: post #108
leeny wrote: post #96

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Author here. I appreciate the notes and am happy to revisit and make corrections when needed. To respond to your points: 1. As a sanity check, I did do a t-test of technical ability vs. # of endorsements before publishing. There is no statistically significant relationship between the 2. (P 2. What do you mean by "language matters here" (re the histogram)?

Hope it was helpful. It's unclear what you t-tested here. Ideally, you would test for difference between groups of "Is there a difference in number of endorsements between people who got a "yes" in advancing to the next round or not". As a followup, is there a difference between those who's preferred was most endorsed or not? I'm a bit stunned that you didn't recognize Language as programming language...... :( As an…

What do you mean re not recognizing language as a programming language? We only counted actual programming languages, i.e. not SQL, HTML, CSS, etc.

Re: Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

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Post by nickbauman »

prodigal_erik wrote: post #103
amyjess wrote: post #54

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When endorsements came out, some friends and I discovered that you could endorse people for violent crimes. Yes, you too can endorse your connections for murder, kidnapping, and terrorism.

I distinctly remember "Homicide", which is actually a specialty intended for attorneys working in criminal law.

beautiful

Re: Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

What is the theory which states that the relationship is the cover graph is linear? There must be one otherwise the fit does not make sense, it could have been ax^3 + e^9x, or heart shaped.

There should be a law punishing arbitrary linear fits and ridiculous claims which are concluded from their correlation.

Re: Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

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Post by jiaweihli »

anilgulecha wrote: post #151
jiaweihli wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm mildly offended that you trivialized my comment. I'm even more confused because I believe my questions are completely valid, and you're not taking them at face value. To rephrase: Have you ever encountered a flash of insight that seemed to approach a challenge from a completely different angle? It could be something like someone solving a deeply technical problem in a non-technical way, or the first time you were…

Apologies -- I could have phrased it better. Your explanation above provides clear context for your original question.

A bit late, but apology accepted! =)
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