As a Gen-Z kid born in the 2000's I grew up in the era of seeing the Internet form to what it is today. For better or for worse. As I grew I wouldn't have thought that the cool tools we have today became rusted copy cutter tools of the current era. Most social medias platforms copy one another with just a smudge of individualism then It's past. It hurts me in a way because it doesn't incentivize creative competition in the market but rather the same fast food but with different seasoning to its product. I'd have to say this issue correlates with LinkedIn. Although Linkedin is still a popular platform in its rights, it's was taken a lot more seriously in my highschool years. I can confidently say it has the opposite effect for me and some of my colleagues today. I don't know when the U.I. formate began copying facebook to an eerie similarity but its attention has turned into less of a resume/cv profile and more to a, post as much as you can to get impressions and more followers. It hurts me a bit because some new users that have made an account are trying to show their skills but get bombarded with memes from other platforms, post about work being more important than work/life balance (which is alarming), and spam bots of recruiters or school ads messaging you to get you attention rather then help you find a job (which I thought was the sole purpose of LinkedIn) It seems to me that this might dishearten the new High/College student towards using LinkedIn due to the fact that its website pleads you towards getting LinkedIn Plus to Maybe get a chance on having your resume seen though a company application. For me I was fed up with this constant request towards "putting myself out there" and making connections with other people around the world with the same field im studying for. I'd rather do that in person then to just muddy the waters of just having a number #354 follower friend because we both like coding. I find that type of goal stupid and a waste of time. It's why I've differed from the pack to make my own website. (theres too much bloatware in LinkedIns suggestion algorithm and recruiter ads.). If a company asks for a LinkedIn to display my skills of coding, then I'll run for the hills because that isn't a company i would want to work for. I'd rather show them my Github or Website to show what I've learned through out my years. I'd recommend any new student to put themselves out there but in person, have your own business card, with you github, email and website. consistently improve even if its one line of code being put in there! and start fighting for your own independence cause its only gonna get harder.
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Best Regards, Moo!