Network with fellow Hacker LinkedIn Users

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by dryicerx • 17 years ago

51 14 17 years ago

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arohner• 17 years ago

Good idea. Maybe it would be helpful to have a Linked In HN group?

dryicerx• 17 years ago

There's already a big one http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2877/30950504D0B7 via OnStartups (posted on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=165455)

nethergoat• 17 years ago

I'm not a member, but this looks promising: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=86116&trk=anetsrch_na...

cwan• 17 years ago

There is a moderated Hacker News LinkedIn group which would make it far easier (and be a better filter) - though I'm not sure if it's active: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=86116 run by http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wheels

boots• 17 years ago

Not for the lurkers amongst us if you don't have any karma!

olegp• 17 years ago

For the lurkers: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3426

Nosferax2• 17 years ago

Joining should be moderated by how long you have been on Hacker News, not karma :)

byrneseyeview• 17 years ago

When "network" is used as a verb, be very careful.

toisanji• 17 years ago

What is the actual value of having everyone friend each other on linkedin? Sees more like spamming eachother

Nosferax2• 17 years ago

Well, one use is you can access the contacts of your contacts, so it helps you get information about (and get in contact with) a lot of people...

But I agree it seems weird to add 50 'strangers' to your list... We don't know anything about each other really.

EDIT: Although I have seen a few people do it on LinkedIn already, they post message in groups and tell people that they want everyone to add them. They gather thousands of contacts that way, I wonder if it does them any good tho.

bravura• 17 years ago

I think this technique is bullshit. I have a few people on LinkedIn that I don't know very well. When I find that I can a connection-of-a-connection through them, it's a big groaner. Because I know that I can't use them for a recommendation and be like: "Yeah, we shoke hands once at a tech meetup."

My current policy on LinkedIn is only link to people to whom I could give a warm referral or expect one in return.

biz2hack• 17 years ago

I'd say the real value is in understanding that there are fellow hackers out there who you would like to meet, and actually sending them a message saying "Hey, how's it going? I noticed you work at Job A", or "I noticed you're interested in X"...

There's not really much value in friending directly, but if you make the effort to get to know new people, as I will, I think it's a good idea. There's always value in meeting somebody new.

mattwdelong• 17 years ago

If you have email notifications on, make sure you change that before adding yourself to this list.

Network with fellow Hacker LinkedIn Users

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