My tendency seems to be owning my own business and freelancing until I die (until I get stable enough to build my own products). I’ve been trying to connect with more business-minded people–“average of 5 people” type of mentality. Currently it seems that the only way of doing this is LinkedIn.
But obviously, LinkedIn is creepy.
Any other people think this? How having a federated business networking platform would be awesome?
They state very plainly that they sell your data to advertisers.
I post there weekly (often blog articles I publish to provide value for people), I have thousands of connections (a lot of CEOs) over the past 7 years I’ve been on there and I have yet to make a connection that ends in even meager work. The paranoid of me thinks that it’s keeping me in a bubble because it’s cheaper to keep me in need.
Sounds like the dating app business model.
Set your profile to open to work if you haven’t. That makes all the difference in the world.
Thanks. I have it set to open for work, and I’ve had literally the words “open to work” in all my social media profiles (including linkedin) in case someone missed it 😆. I’m getting tired of seeing green. 🤢