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The thing about checking social profiles for number of connections etc is strange to me, although maybe it makes sense in the sales world.

I have a LinkedIn but rarely log into it, most LinkedIn emails get filed into spam.

Missing good opportunities? Maybe. I dunno, it's just never been my thing.

I hope recruiters, at least for developer roles don't use LinkedIn profiles and connection count as some sort of metric in a hiring decision

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I deleted my LinkedIn over a year ago and haven't looked back. It might be handy for sales folks but as a developer it's a cesspool of spammy content and dark patterns.

Yeah, I get the "opportunity of a lifetime" about once a week, maybe once every two weeks.

From a recruiter in NJ about an opportunity in CA?

I’ve been thinking of doing this as well. While I do occasionally get hit up by internal recruiters, which I don’t mind, that happens infrequently. For the most part it is just 3rd party recruiters seizing on a keyword hit pertaining to something I did 10 years ago (“I have a great .Net role I think you’d be perfect for”).

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