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Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by btgeekboy »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

There are monthly who’s hiring and who wants to be hired threads that seem to fill that niche.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by codeTired »

btgeekboy wrote: post #11
codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

There are monthly who’s hiring and who wants to be hired threads that seem to fill that niche.

Unfortunately my tech stack isn’t very popular with HN, SQL/C#. Maybe it’s time to reskill.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by codegeek »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

Yep. Check out /r/linkedinlunatics

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by codegeek »

codeTired wrote: post #12
btgeekboy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are monthly who’s hiring and who wants to be hired threads that seem to fill that niche.

Unfortunately my tech stack isn’t very popular with HN, SQL/C#. Maybe it’s time to reskill.

Naah. C# and .NET is solid. I am doubling down on it even for startups. Doing my next product in it.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by beanjuiceII »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

turning into? I left it years ago because it already became that

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by vagab0nd »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

My LinkedIn network is my biggest audience. I use it to post random thoughts and whatnot, because it's more fun when you know there's an audience. I rarely get any views or likes though.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by nostrademons »

vagab0nd wrote: post #16
codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

My LinkedIn network is my biggest audience. I use it to post random thoughts and whatnot, because it's more fun when you know there's an audience. I rarely get any views or likes though.

Is it actually an audience if nobody's viewing it?

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by mrbonner »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

Yeah mine news feed has turned into a condescending stream of thoughts buried under the empathy offering agendas.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by tibbydudeza »

codeTired wrote: post #12
btgeekboy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are monthly who’s hiring and who wants to be hired threads that seem to fill that niche.

Unfortunately my tech stack isn’t very popular with HN, SQL/C#. Maybe it’s time to reskill.

Yeah not popular - it ain't Lisp :).

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by vagab0nd »

nostrademons wrote: post #17
vagab0nd wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My LinkedIn network is my biggest audience. I use it to post random thoughts and whatnot, because it's more fun when you know there's an audience. I rarely get any views or likes though.

Is it actually an audience if nobody's viewing it?

I need to get it out anyway. If there's a better option I'd use it.
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