Sep 08 2008
In with the LinkedIn crowd
simond isn’t putting any effort into LinkedIn. Should I be?
Good question, and one I’ve asked myself on occasion recently. Not that I’ve been losing sleep over it, but all the cool kids seem to be using it. So a few weeks ago I signed up. Bit of a palaver, but I got there in the end. And until today, I don’t think I’d looked at it since.
Simon’s tweet prompted me to take another look. I still can’t really see that it’s worth the effort.
My issue, I guess is that I’m not (a) looking for a job, (b) looking to hire, or (c) looking to sell my services. I like my job, I don’t plan on looking for another one for at least a year or two, and (thankfully) I don’t have any gaps in my team. And as far as my ‘clients’ are concerned, I’m a very happy monopolist.
So what am I missing?
Ah, but it’s all about preparation, isn’t it? You may not need it now, but if you play with it a bit now, in a couple of years you’ll have a tool that’s ready to help you.
Also, they’ve just added some cool applications that you can actually have some fun with (and which are useful for work, for the most part…)
/Dom