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> Reach out to people on LinkedIn

Not to nitpick, but can we stop peddling LinkedIn. All I've seen from it is spam and self righteousness.

I’m not saying use the feed/social media part of it. I’m saying use the messenger part. Hiring managers actually don’t mind people reaching out at all because they too are aware of the issue and (at least for now) someone reaching out is still seen as a good enough signal they’re more than happy to engage with.

If anyone randomly reached out to me unless they had a specialized skill I was looking for - and no “full stack development”, “mobile development” is not specialized, I would just tell them to use our ATS.

Anyone reading this. Ignore all opinions. Experiment on LinkedIn ymmv. It can be good.

Yes and that’s where you find contacts and recruiters. You may not like the game just like you might not like gravity. You can either deal with LinkedIn or not find a job. Just like you can accept gravity is a thing and not jump off of a building.

Not sure what world your in, but LinkedIn never helped me found a job.

Word of mouth is much more powerful than trusting something like LinkedIn, which also has been pwned how many times?

It's a useless service that doesn't actually replace job listings, personal connections, job postings, etc. It's basically Facebook for people who think being a 100% worker is everything about life, or a way to get spammed by recruiters.

I have gotten my last three fully remote jobs based on LinkedIn - including working at AWS and two subsequent jobs.

Linkedin helped me too. It might be a SF bubble thing. In SF you talk to your classmates and the guy in the bunk above you, then go on a founder hike and meet more people. It probably feels too easy there why struggle with a crappy Facebook for suits?

Rest of the world tho... you use LinkedIn.

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