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You don't need a Linkedin account

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Good advice. I would agree with the author about one thing in particular: you don't need LinkedIn (or Facebook, etc.) to be on the web. Get a domain name and some hosting and put up your own site with your resume, accomplishments, hobbies and interests. That's yours to own and control.

This is good advice but I also wish companies like gitlab and github would support this for those of us who don't want to manage a site and have most reference work on git*.com anyway.

To clarify: github already has github.io for user pages but I think you can do much more with even less effort!

If anyone from github / gitlab / bitbucket/ ??? is reading this please consider this simple way of making your site more awesome:

1. Let some special repo name (e.g. me, aboutme, cv) have a special meaning.

2. If a user has this special repo make it his front page or at least link to it from hist front page.

3. If the repo has a README.md or README.rst or READM.org make it his landing page for that repo (github and bitbucket already do this).

So next time I am curious about Joe Developer I know I will find him not on linkedin but on gitlab.com/joedeveloper/cv

Great suggestion, I've created an issue for it: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/31393

Thanks Mike!

everyone else: feel free to give #31393 a thumbs up

I really don't understand all the hate that Linkedin gets on HN.

In my opinion, Linkedin is one of the better social networks - devoid of clutter and politics since each posting is connected to your professional network/appearance.

It could be because of their usage of dark UI design. I'm not sure if they still do it because I haven't been on there in a long time.

https://medium.com/@danrschlosser/linkedin-dark-patterns-3ae...

It was also mentioned in this presentation as having confusing UI. https://www.infoq.com/presentations/oo-ux

If recent reports on their UX redesign are anything to go by, it must have become worse.

The article seems to argue that it is all a zero sum game when in reality, with services like linkedin, you can see prospective employers you had never even thought of before. Sure I could get a job at Facebook where tons of my friends work through networking, but maybe the esoteric startup the recruiter pitched to me on linkedin turns out to be more interesting.

That is the reason I don't have a Facebook account but one on LinkedIn and Xing. Not that I ever used those much but at least you get some value from it in being specialized. Because you will get that weird recruiter from God nows where with some random job offer. Unlike Facebook which is just a glorified birthday reminder for people you don't even know.

Agreed!

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