Inflated Linkedin profiles

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jKdQ87

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jKdQ87
Jun 17, 2021 10 Comments

I get that we live in a society where your prestige is important and the headhunters may care about that, but the amount of title and job inflation on Linkedin is getting crazy to me. I have seen 100s of AI leaders of Google, including people who cannot talk 3 meaningful sentences about AI. How do you think this will evolve? Will people care less and less about Linkedin? Will Linkedin have more scrutiny to monitor? Will the culture change to promote more modesty? Or it will get worse?

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  • New
    eo4u🤪💪🏻

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    eo4u🤪💪🏻
    Lots and lots and lots of “innovative thought leaders” as well. Basically, everyone is a leader 😂
    Jun 17, 2021 3
    • Salesforce
      rationlist

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      Adobe
      rationlist
      Every “thought leader” I know - cannot put thoughts into Code or Design to produce anything tangible.

      It’s mostly about fluff and BS.
      Jun 18, 2021
    • New
      eo4u🤪💪🏻

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      eo4u🤪💪🏻
      Yup, this rings true in my experience as well. So sad.
      Jun 18, 2021
  • Amazon
    sdhguru

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    Amazon
    sdhguru
    It is a function of what’s valued out there. What’s valued is marketing. Therefore even people who have taken one offline course at ivy league mention as if they attended full time two year degree. As long as hiring managers/ recruiters continue to focus and filter basis that, there is no stopping.
    Jun 17, 2021 1
    • New
      eo4u🤪💪🏻

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      eo4u🤪💪🏻
      But ironically, marketing actually does NOT pay well, on average, esp in tech.
      Jun 17, 2021
  • Amazon
    johnWick09

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    TESLA
    johnWick09
    Yep. Lots of “Engineering Leaders” in the world.
    Jun 17, 2021 0
  • Oracle
    gregerion

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    gregerion
    I’m actually incentivized by LinkedIn to fib my job titles because otherwise recruiters contact me for roles I don’t want
    Jun 17, 2021 0
  • New
    eo4u🤪💪🏻

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    eo4u🤪💪🏻
    This is nothing new, honestly. Many, many ppl even put ex-FAANG next to their names 😂
    Jun 17, 2021 0