Fellow Advanced-Dotnet readers and especially those of you with LinkedIn
accounts,
While the opportunity to add new people to my 1st degree network is appealing,
I don't actually know any of you, and I treat my linkedin account with the
utmost respect - I don't harvest connections, I'm not trying to get on any
500+, 1000+ or more lists.
The people I want on my 1st list are people whom I know and have worked with.
I want those people willing to actually introduce me to their connections, and
so on.
Those people that harvest connections that are willing to introduce you to
people they don't know are a sore on the ass of LinkedIn. An introduction is a
person's way of saying "I know this person, I am willing to introduce them to
you, and risk sullying my good name by doing so".
While there are people that are way more talented than I am on Advanced-Dotnet,
and I'm sure people who could might have connections with hiring managers, I do
not think it's a worthwhile connection if I do not know you (or you do not know
me - what use is introducing me or some other stranger to somebody you know -
we could be wackos and you'd look bad).
People need more restraint on LinkedIn, this isn't MySpace or Facebook. The
size of your 1st degree list should be representative of your real business
network, not some random people you do not know.
Good luck, take care,
-Ryan
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