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LinkedIn Larpmaxxing

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nalekberov · 1790745097 · focus · HN ↗
Why would you visit LinkedIn nowadays to begin with? Like besides corporate clowns who is genuinely active there?
1. hyperhello · 1790745350 · focus · HN ↗
  It’s part of the Microsoft network of properties that make everything harder to get up in the morning.
2. gwerbin · 1790745941 · focus · HN ↗
  It used to be the case that if you wanted a new job, you could strategically update your profile and over the next several days you would get bombarded by recruiter messages, some of which would actually be high-quality leads.
  1. jjuel · 1790793558 · focus · HN ↗
    I once got a cold LinkedIn message that got me a job that I loved. When I was looking this year though it did NOT have the same results. Lots of bots and just recruiters who see a open to work and just add you out of no where with nothing. I did get help from people I actually know on LinkedIn, but other than that it was definitely not helpful in the job search.
3. asdff · 1790800606 · focus · HN ↗
  No one actually wants to go there, but they post the damn jobs there, so what can you do?
4. chanux · 1790864990 · focus · HN ↗
  Fair point, given it's unlikely to land one any jobs.

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