• biscuitfree@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Never used LinkedIn and when I’ve been pushed to I couldn’t explain why I couldn’t . After seeing few posts I’m glad my gut instinct is working well :p

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    I honestly forget I have a LinkedIn account most of the time. I think I’ve logged in maybe less than 5 times just to update things. Only emails I get are the usual Facebook things of asking if I know some random person in a different company or a higher up at the one I work for. Maybe a couple informing me of places hiring several states away for a decent pay increase, but it usually just falls into spam in my mind.

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    I don’t know how you guys use LinkedIn but for me it got me two job changes where I more than doubled my salary (via recruiters) and I find much more interesting technical discussions than on any other social platforms.

    If you only follow recruiters and salesmen you get what you follow.

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      i use it the way i’m forced to: i have an account solely used for responding to recruiters. i never use the site, i just have email notifications set up for messages.

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      3 days ago

      How? Every time I log in it’s the dumbest thought leadership - and the same copy/paste gpt slop pitched as original insight.

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        Same as most social media sites: Stop following those people, find a community about a topic you are interested in (IT is overrepresented, but anything engineering related is quite well represented) and follow the people who post valuable things.

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    3 days ago

    LinkedIn is worth many billions of dollars. No lottery would pay out enough money to buy it.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    In case you’d like to know just how fucked the entire Linkedin edifice is, now is once again the time to trot out this piece of trivia.

    Windows users only: Hold down all four modifier keys on your keyboard, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Win, and press L.

    You can never unlearn this piece of knowledge. You’re welcome.

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        3 days ago

        I don’t use windows. Is this serious or are you joking? If true, this is pretty much like TV remotes that have a Netflix or Hulu button.

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          I find those buttons (well, the YouTube button) quite useful. Shortcut to the statistically most used apps.

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          Yeah it’s real, Microsoft has built keyboard commands into the keyboard for awhile. Windows Key + E opens Windows Explorer. Think that existed in XP.

          Ctrl shift Esc opens task manager.

          Win r (run)

          Then obviously all the basics Ctrl x,c,v,p,z,y,f Ctrl t and Ctrl shift t for browsers

          (All of those last set should match Mac OS, just substitute Ctrl for Cmd)

          Most of them work in Mint and Debian as well.

          Although a good feature was updating Ctrl V to Win V which allows you to paste from your clipboard, so all those times you copy data, then copy something else and forget you did and try to paste, you can hit win v, and paste which selection you needed.

          I use Linux for Home, and Mac/Windows for work…

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          Its true, its how the weird special keys on certain keyboards functions. Its just a convoluted keybind integrated into Windows.

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    3 days ago

    it’s the only social media I have that still has my real name attached. I use it to keep in contact with old coworkers, keep and host my resume, and I like their daily games. It also makes it easier to spitefully apply to other jobs at 2am but then those jobs actually call me and I realize I don’t want to have to learn 30 new people’s names and a new set of nightly charting requirements all over again. Doesn’t mean I don’t threaten my boss occasionally anyway.

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    This is one of the few good things having the same job for 20 years has been. Never needing to create a linkdin account. I’ve been told in the past it’s still good to have, but i think that period of time is long gone. Glad i never gave them my info and time.

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    I don’t think we want to close the recruiter & c-suite containment system

    It does a great job of keeping them all in one place so we can leave them to their fart sniffing and occasionally visit like it’s a zoo