[justinlloyd]

I have a decidedly love/hate relationship with LinkedIn.

Almost all of my work for the past decade has come via way of LinkedIn or referrals, and usually the referrals from older colleagues are because they could find me on LinkedIn. You don't _need_ a LinkedIn profile, and you're not obligated to provide it on a job application. Having a LinkedIn profile is a useful automated marketing tool, and a more extensive, cultivated version of your resume/C.V.

I have also found, that as an engineer/developer, that I don't use LinkedIn the way the majority of engineers/developers use LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a marketing tool and should be used as such.

LinkedIn is also full of low-quality recruiter spam and people not even glancing at your profile before reaching out with a 6 month/$20 an hour contract Java position on the other side of the country.

Summation of LinkedIn experience - https://justinlloyd.li/blog/hippos-and-ducks-are-verbotten/