Finally deleted my LinkedIn account!

After putting my account into “hibernation” for the past few weeks, I finally closed it. But I’m still looking for work. Thankfully I can still find positions (SRE and software dev) by just going directly to the company’s site and finding a Jobs page.

Good luck to everyone else out there looking for work!

#privacy @privacy

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I got recruits to buy me coffee while I ranted at them about the tech industry. That was cool, but wasn’t worth how much noise is in the inbox nor the privacy concerns of having your data & network stored Microsoft, so I deleted my account.

    I’d love to delete all accounts associated with Microsoft, but we need to bully projects off of MS GitHub that refuse to acknowledge the privacy concerns (as well as the mental health issue caused as a result of turning a code forge into a social media platform that your job probably makes you uses).

    • Oliver Lowe@apubtest2.srcbeat.com
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      8 months ago

      I got recruits to buy me coffee while I ranted at them about the tech industry.

      Hold on… that’s awesome. Shit maybe I deleted my account too soon…

      I mean, I get physically sick of the idea of the worst mindless parts of the corporate world being spammed around the genuinely amazing project that is the Internet. But paying for coffee sucks, too ;)

      • toastal@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        Haha. It was only 2–3 times, but when they learned how niche my skillset was/what tech I would actually work with, I think they realized it was a waste of their time (like how actively writing object-oriented code is a waste of time)