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[-] TractorDuffy@lemmy.world 69 points 3 days ago

"if he isn't posting about how hard he's working, is he even working at all?" is obviously satire

[-] Doctorbllk@slrpnk.net 23 points 3 days ago

The entire response is satire

[-] titanicx@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

6 days a week...... Fuck this company, and fuck this idiot.

[-] Devial@discuss.online 9 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure the entire reply is supposed to be satirising the dumb ass linked in culture, I very much doubt aynthing in the reply is genuined.

[-] exu@feditown.com 167 points 3 days ago

They should check LinkedIn before asking persons to come in for interviews if that's their requirement. Save everyone some time

[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 91 points 3 days ago

That sounds entirely too efficient for middle management.

[-] bonenode@piefed.social 42 points 3 days ago

But then they wouldn't get a story to post about on LinkedIn.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

That senior engineer dodged a bullet.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

Top post is satirical, mocking the bottom one

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 90 points 3 days ago

In defense of the lady, it was a marketing position, the guy parody example is an engineer, they're not the same.

[-] grindemup@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah her post is entirely reasonable, at least depending on the industry, e.g. in my industry LinkedIn is unfortunately where most leads get generated aside from conferences, so of you're a senior marketing person in my industry then it's genuinely a red flag if you don't have an active LinkedIn profile. The post on engineering is satire that kinda misses the point.

[-] dontsayaword@piefed.social 85 points 3 days ago
[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 109 points 3 days ago

Top one is, bottom one not sure

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago

Can't really ignore advice from a "director of demand generation".

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago

That's a mouthful but I guess "director of convincing people to buy our shit products" is too on the nose.

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[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Although the first post is satire, I've had people non-ironically say similar to me about how important posting on LinkedIn is.

Why??? Isn't a good CV enough? Why do I need to turn into an influencer now?
Fuck am I supposed to post? I'm gonna start sharing random FOSS news from my RSS feeds, is that enough???

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 53 points 3 days ago

My crew are the most sought after talent in our little niche of the tech world. To my knowledge, not a single one of us posts on LinkedIn. The people that actually do the work don't have time for bullshit and probably have multiple open offers to join other orgs at all times.

[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 46 points 3 days ago

Gonna post my fucking furry yiff porn on LinkedIn

[-] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

Less shameful than the CEOs who go on there and spam AI-generated "Thought Leadership" slop.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Oh, they should post furry yiff porn with the hashtags ThoughtLeadership. Add some human generated text about being a thought leader by posting outside the box and wonder why no one seems to be posting their favorite yiff porn.

[-] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

You've got manager material in you, son.

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

When the CEOs were talking about inflation, I don't think that's what they had in mind LMAO

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 39 points 3 days ago

If I could not post on LinkedIn more strongly I would. Maybe I should start hacking into accounts to delete their posts

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

Half these posts are just AI bots shouting nonsense at each other.

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[-] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago

I've never had a LinkedIn and I deleted my Facebook and Instagram years ago. I actually think it's why I can't get a new job in my field. I'm currently employed, get good feedback from my supervisors and peers, have tons of experience, and have good working relationships with the people I deal with outside my company, but most networking in my field is all done on social media and most jobs are posted on Facebook. I've been looking for a new job for months and have applied at multiple places and followed up and heard crickets, and yet I know people with the same exact job who were fired for cause and had a job the next week. The only job openings I've even found are places that coworkers with social media pointed me to, because they saw posts that the companies are hiring. I'm starting to wonder if companies are looking me up on social media, not finding me, and throwing me in the reject pile. The last thing I want to do is rejoin the metaverse, but I'm starting to think I'm wrecking my career by avoiding it. It's so frustrating.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 3 days ago

I have never posted anything on my LinkedIn account, I set up the account years ago when I believed it it would actually be beneficial, quickly realised it wouldn't be, and abandoned it.

I get recruiters chasing me all the time, everyone in the industry does.

That's not to say there are necessarily a lot of jobs, there may be, but the recruiters are so bad at their jobs that it's hard to tell. They're also trying to get me to move to another continent all the time. Why can't Saudi Arabia just use their own people, I don't get it.

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[-] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I am surprised that most of the jobs for your industry are on Facebook. I don't even know how to find job reqs on Facebook... I don't actually know how to post on LinkedIn either though. But most of the job reqs I see that are a decent fit are on LinkedIn, and I've heard of a lot of the new start-ups in my industry from LinkedIn. ... If you work in engineering for defense or space companies, I'd start with making a profile on LinkedIn.

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[-] Rozauhtuno 10 points 3 days ago

Can we put these people under a giant glass dome and seal them off from the rest of humanity?

[-] dave@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Don’t worry—they’re all assigned to B ark.

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 days ago

This is the third "Jesus Christ" I've said out loud and I've only been on Lemmy for three minutes.

[-] discocactus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago
[-] unphazed@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

They don't look at the .ml instances much I guess

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 34 points 3 days ago

How does sharing my thoughts and strategies with people I am competing for jobs with give me an edge over them?

(I actually do advise my peers all the time but I want to know why these idiots think that)

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 3 days ago

Highly paid bullshit jobs are all about social perception in networks.

The point is to post something that makes it appear as if you're already ahead of the game, and to use as many buzz words as possible so that you will appear in searches, or someone remembers you knowing something about those words.

It does not matter if the "strategy" makes any sense at all. It's not like anyone reads it, or that anyone tries it out, or even if you know anything about it. All these posts with motivational and strategic wisdom are just "tags" for people trying to sell themselves.

The people involved in those games rely on each other to support this self-induced value. It's like "fake it till you make it", with the twist that they never actually do anything. When they fail, they'll hopefully have enough other people involved, so that they can only fail upwards.

[-] Aganim@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

Well, at least I have a spine and refuse to go with the flow. No Facebook, LinkedIn, Xitter or whatever that sewer is called these days and I'm just fine with that. Just a bit of Lemmy for some discussions and memes, but fuck having to share everything you do.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I work/worked with a few executives I look up to, none of them use linkedin. They all have an account as they must, but that’s it. Talking about e.g., SVP, CEO, CTO leading hundreds or thousands of people.

I also know one that owns their own consulting firm, taking out a few millions of profit every year, they still have a picture from their previous job and never post, except job openings.

I absolutely despise current linkedin, it used to be a platform to connect with colleagues and apply to jobs. Now it’s just one of the N+1 social medias where the algorithm can show you content by narcisstic people you don’t care about. It Freaks me out^TM^ that somebody could look at this dumpster fire and not understand what is the problem with it.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

it did let me find out who in my workplace is a nazi sympathizer, by allowing me to view who reposted pro-charlie-kirkk stuff

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[-] BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 17 points 3 days ago

Had a career as a lawyer for over 20 years and not once I posted anything on LinkedIn! Are these real people or paid trolls?

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago

They are wannabe paid folks, and scammers.

[-] derry@midwest.social 23 points 3 days ago

What a weird way to say your company is probably garbage

[-] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

I have exactly one LinkedIn post I made recently after 12.5 years in my career as a software engineer. It was about supporting your local food banks during the government shutdown.

[-] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

How many impressions did it get? Did it extend your professional network?

Did you also include a blurb about the shutdown being an opportunity for those affected to learn their new market segment to better develop their GTM strategy and increase their profitability? Or maybe you mentioned how you went to a food bank, but instead of handing out food you actually told the people in line about new ways for them to diversify their earnings potential and that by bringing a quarter over quarter increase in revenue they could be a sales driver that adds value to the team.

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[-] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Idiots, absolute idiots

[-] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago

Social media that doesn't provide me with a modicum of anonymity and privacy just isn't for me. You'd think that would count for something when you're in a tech position.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago

FYI, it takes time to delete yourself from LinkedIn. I think it took a month? Not sure anyone needs to know about this.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune 14 points 3 days ago

Unfortunately for me it's the best place to try and get a job nowadays.

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