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by duncanawoods 3031 days ago
Obtaining endorsements is a different skill from RN. Those on linkedin with all the endorsements are not the ones doing the work but the social operators that value networks and symbols more.
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I 100% agree about LinkedIn endorsements. But those seem pushed on users without their consent in order to drive engagement metrics. I often get garbage endorsements for vague skills like "mobile development".

But what if you could self-identity your skills (Erlang, Vue.js, etc) and there was a low friction way for your peers to +1 those skills?

Utterly meaningless to me as an employer. It measures how big the group of friends is that decide to +1 each other.