I've also gotten my last few jobs there. It's great for that. Even if it's 90% low effort recruiter spam.
replyIt's also full of "greatest team in the world", pizza parties, "incredible" training sessions, and "meetings of great minds". And now it's turned into a bunch of comedy reels. Blah.
You forgot "I am honoured and humbled to announce <insert mundane recognition>."
replyThe comedy/tragedy of this is; whenever I talk to people outside of engineering at social gatherings, this is what they do. Tell me their resume and accomplishments. I’m like, can we just a have a conversation please?
replyI always asks the question “what keeps you busy”? People think my wife and I are retired because of how often we travel. I say I’m not, I work remotely and try to keep the conversation away from work.
replyI think one of the most objectively pathetic things in the world is trying to ride the counterculture wave against a thing, while shilling the exact same thing.
replyHey kids, you know how influencerslop sucks? proceeds to write influencerslop
Beeper has LinkedIn integration, so you can chat with recruiters with any Matrix app without ever opening the website.
replyStill need a LinkedIn account for beeper to connect to though.
replyThis. That's the only reason I'm on there too. I completely avoid the news feed, but it does help when you having people reaching out and you need jobs.
replyIt's a difference between "using it" and just having a dormant profile you wake to live when interested, though.
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