Dan Carlin said:

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Ducks4brkfast said:

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have never spent a second on linkedin. sounds miserable.

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It's the number one way to find a job today.

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The olds don't know what Linkedin is. That is because they started their careers in good times when the market wasn't overrun by cheap foreigners and there was little to no offshoring.

Hence the smug attitude.

Dan Carlin said:

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RAB87 said:

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It's so refreshing to open LI in June and see almost no companies modifying their logos with alphabet cult colors. Also just a small fraction of people using idiotic preferred gender pronouns. America is healing.

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Pride month is all of June so I don't know why you'd be seeing the rainbows disappear already?

Also your post pretty much explains why the alphabet colors aren't going away soon, because of the overt hostility that those people groups face.

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11 months a year nobody cares. During June we're forced to acknowledge them and that's when they face the most hostility. I live by a very simple rule. I don't care. I don't care your politics, your sexual orientation or your race or religion. None of those things matter unless you make them matter then we won't get along. So during the one month a year they force me to care I'm hostile. The rest of the year we're good. That's how the overwhelming majority of Americans live their lives and if that's bothers you that reflects on your character, not mine.

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aggie93 said:

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infinity ag said:

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Sid Farkas said:

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As a retiree, I doom scroll LinkedIn as a weekly reminder of how much I hate(d) participating in the corporate world...so many sad and desperate people ingratiating themselves. I wish I had a vomit emoticon.

...but yeah, nice to see corporations finally recovering from the woke mind virus.

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Lucky you... and I will join the gang in about 7-8 years. There are days I wake up and wonder wtf am I doing in a corporate job when I don't have to be. Like this morning.

I have to correct you on one thing. Corporations have not recovered from anything. They didn't care about woke, or dei and are not now seeing the error of their ways. They are just pivoting as per the direction of the winds. If a Dem becomes President and brings back DEI and the people embrace it again, corps will be shouting their DEI credentials from the rooftops.

So you are giving corporations too much credit. I give Trump all the credit as he stood against the wind and won.

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FWIW I haven't hired an H-1B in almost a year now, prior to that it was probably 30-40 percent. It's a huge shift and opportunity for motivated engineers who are citizens.

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This is good news but there is another detail.

Most companies don't seem to be hiring right now. Yes, every career page is dripping with jobs, but that fools the olds on here, not everyone. I have monitored some smaller companies over the past few years where I interviewed, they rejected me and then hired no one at all. It wasn't even a job that needed super special skills either. Many interviews are farces and either to keep up appearances or to renew an H1B.

My son is joining a tech company in the Bay next month for his first job and is in the team matching stage with Google (where he wants to go). Google needs to be hiring for him to get an offer.

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Didn't say it was easy but you are definitely at a bigger advantage as a citizen now than any time in the last 20 years. Being on visa is at best 2 and a half strikes against you. Hiring overall is slow but that isn't because of visas or even trying to keep visas, it's about AI and companies being hesitant on who to hire as well as other broader economic issues. I would not want to be someone on OPT or H-1 looking for a job, it's basically an auto reject at most tech companies now and that's very, very different from a year ago. Lots of folks going back to India too or trying to find a job in Canada.

aggie93 said:

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infinity ag said:

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aggie93 said:

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infinity ag said:

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Sid Farkas said:

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As a retiree, I doom scroll LinkedIn as a weekly reminder of how much I hate(d) participating in the corporate world...so many sad and desperate people ingratiating themselves. I wish I had a vomit emoticon.

...but yeah, nice to see corporations finally recovering from the woke mind virus.

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Lucky you... and I will join the gang in about 7-8 years. There are days I wake up and wonder wtf am I doing in a corporate job when I don't have to be. Like this morning.

I have to correct you on one thing. Corporations have not recovered from anything. They didn't care about woke, or dei and are not now seeing the error of their ways. They are just pivoting as per the direction of the winds. If a Dem becomes President and brings back DEI and the people embrace it again, corps will be shouting their DEI credentials from the rooftops.

So you are giving corporations too much credit. I give Trump all the credit as he stood against the wind and won.

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FWIW I haven't hired an H-1B in almost a year now, prior to that it was probably 30-40 percent. It's a huge shift and opportunity for motivated engineers who are citizens.

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This is good news but there is another detail.

Most companies don't seem to be hiring right now. Yes, every career page is dripping with jobs, but that fools the olds on here, not everyone. I have monitored some smaller companies over the past few years where I interviewed, they rejected me and then hired no one at all. It wasn't even a job that needed super special skills either. Many interviews are farces and either to keep up appearances or to renew an H1B.

My son is joining a tech company in the Bay next month for his first job and is in the team matching stage with Google (where he wants to go). Google needs to be hiring for him to get an offer.

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Didn't say it was easy but you are definitely at a bigger advantage as a citizen now than any time in the last 20 years. Being on visa is at best 2 and a half strikes against you. Hiring overall is slow but that isn't because of visas or even trying to keep visas, it's about AI and companies being hesitant on who to hire as well as other broader economic issues. I would not want to be someone on OPT or H-1 looking for a job, it's basically an auto reject at most tech companies now and that's very, very different from a year ago. Lots of folks going back to India too or trying to find a job in Canada.

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Agree with most of what you say, except that it is "because of AI". That is utter lie that companies tell us because it seems bullet-proof to claim so. Also, that phrase is ambiguous - have processes been replaced by AI? Or are people laid off because the company wants to do AI build-outs (like Meta)? Every 2 bit company that wants to lay people off are claiming it is because of AI.

As of today, things are still pretty bad and the worst stretch I have observed in my almost 30 year career. Things are poised to get better because companies will have to realize at some point that they aren't getting H1Bs like earlier and offshoring isn't an easy option (hopefully will be taxed). Their only option is to hire locals who won't tolerate being treated like slaves. The 100k fee is still applicable as Trump has appealed it so it stays for now. F1/OPT kids are out of luck and you are right, I see many posts by people who have lived in the US for 10+ years are going back.

Like so. I don't know the guy, just did a random search on LI.

LOYAL AG said:

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Dan Carlin said:

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RAB87 said:

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It's so refreshing to open LI in June and see almost no companies modifying their logos with alphabet cult colors. Also just a small fraction of people using idiotic preferred gender pronouns. America is healing.

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Pride month is all of June so I don't know why you'd be seeing the rainbows disappear already?

Also your post pretty much explains why the alphabet colors aren't going away soon, because of the overt hostility that those people groups face.

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11 months a year nobody cares. During June we're forced to acknowledge them and that's when they face the most hostility. I live by a very simple rule. I don't care. I don't care your politics, your sexual orientation or your race or religion. None of those things matter unless you make them matter then we won't get along. So during the one month a year they force me to care I'm hostile. The rest of the year we're good. That's how the overwhelming majority of Americans live their lives and if that's bothers you that reflects on your character, not mine.

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People in those marginalized groups do care (and live the marginalization) 12 months a year. Nobody is actually making you do anything and your eyes will be fine having to see colorful flags for a few weeks.

flown-the-coop said:

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I still have an account but I quit spending much time when it became obvious that some of the "connection requests" and many of the "people you may know" were likely escorts.

I figured it best to just leave that alone from a risk and asset management perspective.

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Wait, what?

Dan Carlin said:

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LOYAL AG said:

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Dan Carlin said:

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RAB87 said:

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It's so refreshing to open LI in June and see almost no companies modifying their logos with alphabet cult colors. Also just a small fraction of people using idiotic preferred gender pronouns. America is healing.

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Pride month is all of June so I don't know why you'd be seeing the rainbows disappear already?

Also your post pretty much explains why the alphabet colors aren't going away soon, because of the overt hostility that those people groups face.

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11 months a year nobody cares. During June we're forced to acknowledge them and that's when they face the most hostility. I live by a very simple rule. I don't care. I don't care your politics, your sexual orientation or your race or religion. None of those things matter unless you make them matter then we won't get along. So during the one month a year they force me to care I'm hostile. The rest of the year we're good. That's how the overwhelming majority of Americans live their lives and if that's bothers you that reflects on your character, not mine.

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People in those marginalized groups do care (and live the marginalization) 12 months a year. Nobody is actually making you do anything and your eyes will be fine having to see colorful flags for a few weeks.

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I have some bad news for you. Gay white men are being discriminated against, not because they are gay, but because they are white men. That's why some of the gay white men I know voted for Trump. They are also not annoying jack wads, so they are not marginalized either (except for being white)

I noticed it years ago when certain connections seemed… out of place. I've been out of corporate world for 17 years so my linked in presence has always been minimal. Who knows how why but I was convinced you could get what you wanted.

Never looked it up until just now to make sure I didn't imagine it.

The profiles I saw were more vague like personal coaching or meeting individualized market needs and they were well done.

Anywho, the more you know.

Dan Carlin said:

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LOYAL AG said:

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Dan Carlin said:

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RAB87 said:

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It's so refreshing to open LI in June and see almost no companies modifying their logos with alphabet cult colors. Also just a small fraction of people using idiotic preferred gender pronouns. America is healing.

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Pride month is all of June so I don't know why you'd be seeing the rainbows disappear already?

Also your post pretty much explains why the alphabet colors aren't going away soon, because of the overt hostility that those people groups face.

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11 months a year nobody cares. During June we're forced to acknowledge them and that's when they face the most hostility. I live by a very simple rule. I don't care. I don't care your politics, your sexual orientation or your race or religion. None of those things matter unless you make them matter then we won't get along. So during the one month a year they force me to care I'm hostile. The rest of the year we're good. That's how the overwhelming majority of Americans live their lives and if that's bothers you that reflects on your character, not mine.

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People in those marginalized groups do care (and live the marginalization) 12 months a year. Nobody is actually making you do anything and your eyes will be fine having to see colorful flags for a few weeks.

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My eyes aren't offended in the least I just avoid you (in a generic sense). I don't shop at stores that pander to a segment of the population that seeks to segregate us by meaningless characteristics. They're marginalized in their minds only, the rest of us simply don't care. Surely you have something more important to offer the world than your sexual orientation. If not that's a sad life you've got there. Again, you in a generic sense, not you specifically. Give me a reason to respect you other than who you are attracted to sexually. If you can't, that should bother you.

HowdyTexasAggies said:

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Dan Carlin said:

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LOYAL AG said:

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Dan Carlin said:

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RAB87 said:

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It's so refreshing to open LI in June and see almost no companies modifying their logos with alphabet cult colors. Also just a small fraction of people using idiotic preferred gender pronouns. America is healing.

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Pride month is all of June so I don't know why you'd be seeing the rainbows disappear already?

Also your post pretty much explains why the alphabet colors aren't going away soon, because of the overt hostility that those people groups face.

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11 months a year nobody cares. During June we're forced to acknowledge them and that's when they face the most hostility. I live by a very simple rule. I don't care. I don't care your politics, your sexual orientation or your race or religion. None of those things matter unless you make them matter then we won't get along. So during the one month a year they force me to care I'm hostile. The rest of the year we're good. That's how the overwhelming majority of Americans live their lives and if that's bothers you that reflects on your character, not mine.

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People in those marginalized groups do care (and live the marginalization) 12 months a year. Nobody is actually making you do anything and your eyes will be fine having to see colorful flags for a few weeks.

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I have some bad news for you. Gay white men are being discriminated against, not because they are gay, but because they are white men. That's why some of the gay white men I know voted for Trump. They are also not annoying jack wads, so they are not marginalized either (except for being white)

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Sounds like bad news for them, not me. The world is full of ****ty judgy people of all the different ways we divide into tribes.

We can be be verbally hostile to people. It's called freedom. We should also be allowed to discriminate

flown-the-coop said:

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I still have an account but I quit spending much time when it became obvious that some of the "connection requests" and many of the "people you may know" were likely escorts.

I figured it best to just leave that alone from a risk and asset management perspective.

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Yes, it happens sometimes.
I would get a connection request and it is usually a cute Asian woman in tech in San Francisco with a fancy resume with names like Google and Meta on it and degrees from UC Berkeley or Princeton. She'd send me a request and just say she wanted to connected as were both in the same field. I don't accept unknown people however hot they are, but at one point I thought let me give it a shot and what the gig was about. So I accepted. Then this woman (?) who was a VP on her profile started getting personal very quickly in her messages and getting very flirty. It was pretty hilarious how quickly this person escalated things.


Watch for cute Asian hotties adding you, they may even be some Nigerian dude sitting in Mogadishu or somewhere. I am not sure what the scam is but there must be something somewhere.

Or maybe just stealing your friend list and bothering them and asking some weak men for money.

Yeah, the cute/hot Asian women randomly wanting to connect to are the most blatant red flag on LinkedIn. I usually get 2-3 month and I just ignore them.

YouBet said:

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Yeah, the cute/hot Asian women randomly wanting to connect to are the most blatant red flag on LinkedIn. I usually get 2-3 month and I just ignore them.

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Here's an Asian woman (??) who tried to snare me a few months ago. This was on iMessage, not Linkedin but those messages are similar. She (??) called me Emily trying to get me to reveal my own identity. These women (??) are quick to post their own pictures and it's always an attractive one.

I just act dumb in these encounters and ask a bunch of questions, never answering anything myself.
If you reverse-Google the image, I am sure you will find some Asian model or some real life attractive person whose picture was stolen.