I always thought that linkedin was a way to discover when companies are doing poorly -- and there might be enough signal to allow you to trade profitably on the stock market. Even if not, there probably is a good enough story to be woven around it that you might get some VC funding to pursue it!
Heh, a friend of mine who did a lot of talks used to ask the audience to put their hands up if they'd used LinkedIn recently. He'd then quip "How's the job search going?".
The keepin-up-with-the-jones’ aspect of LinkedIn only feeds those admiring big tech. I’ve been in startups for five years but recently posted about accepting an offer at popular company and it got picked up by LinkedIn’s algo and promoted to thousands of people (based on # of views).
Strangely, after posting it, other companies like Google reached out AFTER I accepted the offer, as if LinkedIn bumped me up on some social rating system.
If other people succeeding causes you discomfort the problem is not with them or the medium where they advertise their success. The problem is with you.
I suggest to chill out and be stoic about it.
It is unlikely there is only one way you could have reached happiness in your life and that you just missed it.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 42.2 ms ] threadI don't understand why people try to treat it like a social network, just don't and it works like a charm.
> I know the obvious thing is to stop visiting LinkedIn
There is a maybe less obvious strategy, that is yet very simple and effective: unfollow everybody.
theres a couple of businesses i subscribe to where its obviouw theyre forced to hype their new positions.
Strangely, after posting it, other companies like Google reached out AFTER I accepted the offer, as if LinkedIn bumped me up on some social rating system.
I suggest to chill out and be stoic about it.
It is unlikely there is only one way you could have reached happiness in your life and that you just missed it.