HN Developers - when job seeking... I'm wondering:<p>1) how effective do you find LinkedIn in representing you to recruiters?<p>2) Do you really care who viewed your profile on LinkedIn?<p>3) Does LinkedIn properly represent your skill set?<p>4) Do you get a lot of recruiters' spamming you with positions that dont really have much to do with your background or outdated?<p>Do you feel like there are better ways they could do #1-4 above or make a more succinct profile?<p>Thanks.
I'm a HUGE fan of LinkedIn. You get what you put into it, though. For me, LinkedIn is my online resume - even moreso than GitHub, because the nature of my work prevents me from contributing to open source.<p>I also definitely care who views my profile, as it can be used as a good icebreaker. Whenever someone interesting has viewed my profile, I immediately reach out to them. Odds are they wanted to learn about me for a reason. Maybe I can help them with something.
I get spammed a bunch. Really LinkedIn is intended to serve the employer (not the employee), but it can be helpful when you need a very specific skill set. I know over 400 programmers. I only know of one that took a job based on linkedin interaction.<p>The truth, no platform is helpful or even necessary. I would only take a job offer recommendation from a friend, mostly because they would better understand what I am looking for.