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From what I've seen, lots of people have no problem at all mentioning their "non $DAYJOB" stuff on their LinkedIn profiles. Out of my contacts, I see plenty who list a dayjob and also list themselves as the owner/founder/president of a startup, or a consulting company, or some other "side" business.

I actually do that myself... my current $DAYJOB is listed right alongside my startup project. I really don't see it being a problem. <shrug />

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I guess it depends on your $DAYJOB. If you've cultivated a very straight laced, highly dependable profile for top tier firms, that pay big, and want to feel that they're getting someone who's entrenched in their business for the foreseeable future, a startup reference can be a very odd distraction and just the thing to push you down a notch when being compared to another candidate. For those folks, the question still stands.

Fair enough. I try to avoid that world like the plague, so it's hard for me to relate. I prefer to cultivate a very unlaced, slightly insane but very intense, offbeat, quirky and eclectic profile that no sane person working for a "top tier firm" would look twice at.

To each his own. :-)

Yes, I understand, and it's the right approach to go with you are and play that angle to the max. I wish I was that guy sometimes, but being somewhat uptight and button up has its perks. There tends to be a lot of immaturity in the professional world, and extra trust is rewarded to us boring types. In your world the exact opposite could be true :)

Well, I would still love to hear thoughts on this. I'm thinking that for me I really need a 2nd profile. However that means building one from scratch, and also making sure it's OK with LinkedIn's TOS.

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