After putting my account into "hibernation" for the past few weeks, I finally closed it. But I'm still looking for work. Thankfully I can still find positions (SRE and software dev) by just going directly to the company's site and finding a Jobs page.
Good luck to everyone else out there looking for work!
Yeah there's something that feels so wrong about the site. One of my (fake) favourites by @SecureOwl when LinkedIn was down a couple weeks ago: > LinkedIn was down. A lot of people were panicking. > > But rather than panic, I saw an #opportunity. > Using all of my strength I ran to the nearest LinkedIn datacenter. I was able to gain access because I made a #personal#connection with the security guard. I actually invested in their ceramics business while I was talking to them. > > Once I’d gained access to the servers I was able to deploy a fix I’d written using ChatGPT #AI#genAI. > > I fixed LinkedIn, and walked out of the datacenter where everyone was applauding. > > I say this not to brag or show off, but to share a story of how you have to show #leadership in the moment, and step up when you can. The CEO of LinkedIn called me that night to thank me. #influencer#hustle#horseownership - https://infosec.exchange/@SecureOwl/112050772234578411 Apart from the absurd types of text being shared around there, most features of LinkedIn seemed redundant to me: * list of "connections": contacts app (portable data format, too) * job applications: many other job sites, or direct on company website * messaging: email * finding who works/worked where: I don't care