"Seldom right, but never uncertain." Frank Reagan.
Describing you, I'd venture....
Doug Fuerst
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From: "Bill Johnson" <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
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Sent: 07-Apr-23 13:36:27
Subject: Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by
value]
You don’t really understand Twitter do you? If I follow the WaPo, the NYT, the
Guardian, the LA Times, the Miami Herald, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera
English, NPR, PBS, BBC, and science magazines, scientists, journalists,
lawyers, and other fact based sources, it’s like subscribing to them all.
Add in some comedy sources and that’s my Twitter feed.
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On Friday, April 7, 2023, 10:32 AM, Doug <d...@bkassociates.net> wrote:
So you get your "news" from Twitter. For me, that explains ALOT!
Doug Fuerst
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From: "Bill Johnson" <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
Sent: 07-Apr-23 8:23:03
Subject: Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by
value]
I’ve read numerous articles and analysis that indicates LinkedIn has a problem with
embellished & fake resumes. Here’s one.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/29/linkedin-has-a-fake-profile-problem-can-it-fix-this-blot-on-its-cv
I also don’t like having my information on the internet for all to see. I’m not
on Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram, but do use Twitter to satisfy my news junkie
inner self.
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On Friday, April 7, 2023, 7:32 AM, Jeremy Nicoll
<jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org> wrote:
On Fri, 7 Apr 2023, at 05:36, Bill Johnson wrote:
Yes Bill Johnson is my real name and I’ve never been on LinkedIn.
That’s just an ego trip and place where people like you go for
confirmation...
I've certainly seen some people use it as an ego-trip, for "networking"
and - presumably - trying to increase their chances of finding work.
I use LinkedIn as a useful place to find out more about people whom
I'm going to have contact with (in any sphere, certainly not just in
computing). It's particularly useful when it's not entirely clear from
some company's website whether they've got tens/hundreds of
employees or just one person working from home. (In the UK) I also
look at Companies House registrations of companies, who the directors
are etc, and look at what else they're involved in, and especially if any
of their prior businesses have gone under or they've been prosecuted
for anything.
Eg, is that lawyer someone who's worked for one or two companies
for many years, or a whole string of places, never for more than a
year or two, or did they only qualify last year?
Is that "data protection officer" someone with any understanding of
how computer systems work, or just an administrator, or a lawyer?
Knowing more about people allows one to slant emails to them in
differing ways, which can be useful.
I'm listed there, but not for the purposes of finding work; mainly so
that people whom I once worked with have a better chance of finding
me if they want to. And also - you have to be a member to be able
to see other people's profiles.
--
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
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