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   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:40:38 -0000 (UTC), Nioclás Pól Caileán de   
   Ghloucester  wrote:   
      
   >In case this post is too long: I do not recommend any of you to bother   
   >to create an account on LinkedIn. The USENET is much better, but I   
   >interact on LinkedIn with important non-engineers who insist on using   
   >LinkedIn. One of the most important thereof even almost does not use   
   >emails!   
   >   
      
   Most youngsters have never heard of usenet, and certainly don't   
   participate. Most ng's are dead.   
      
   I posted an ad for an intern on LinkedIn, for something like $45 per   
   day, and got maybe 50 responses per day. It only took a few minutes   
   per day to look at them and reject the 99% that were unsuitable.   
      
   LinkedIn looks like a giant waste of time if you use it as a social   
   network and have a couple hundred connections. Like X and Facebook.   
      
   The local Maker space is interesting. We have 500 people events with   
   free food and beer. It's much better to meet people physically than   
   remotely.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)