How bad am I screwing myself over by not having a linkedin? I go to a trade school and just found out nearly all my classmates have one. Isn't it mainly intended for white collar professionals?
>Make a linkedin
>Get about 250 contacts and a few recommendations
>99% of the shit I get on their is from the same 7 recruiters spamming me about the latest "ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY" at the other side of the country that pays $45k/yr
>Current company keeps pressuring me to shill their latest marketing effort on there
Not really worth it I think.
>>1225339
>Isn't it mainly intended for white collar professionals?
Office drones and bankers. It's like facebook, but 'professional' and for 'networking'.
If you're learning a trade, you don't need it.
>>1225353
Kek, perfect description right there
The average feed looks like this:
>"My company just hired new people, LOOK"
>Ad for online MBA
>"It's my last day at company X. I learned a lot and made some great colleagues. Looking forward to new challenges with company Y."(10 identical replies congratulating him)
>Some faggot likes some clickbait shit - 7 stunning secrets to success
>"It's my last day at company X...."
>Ad for online MBA
>Ad for clickbait shit
>"I copy pasted a clickbait article into a pdf file and called it an e-book. Reply with your email to get a free e-book" - 8492 replies and 10293 likes
>Some faggot liking some irrelevant update about his company
>Ad for online MBA
It's essentially as useless as facebook, only even less entertaining because you literally don't give a shit about anything people post there. The only people who will contact you through linkedin are shit-tier recruiters or people looking for a job. The only people who benefit from LinkedIn are the online marketers who get 10k valid emails per 'ebook'.
I got a job as a data analyst through LinkedIn, so I can't complain.
It's not like it will kill you, so why not. I guess it's impact on your career depends on your field.
>>1225891
>data analist
