>>>>> "AL" == Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AL> On Nov 12, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: AL> What are you basing that on? Do you know anyone who has done >> so? I AL> would love to hear stories of this happening. >> >> we will find out soon enough. AL> No, I meant using LinkedIn for networking with new people, not AL> just the PM group. AL> As far as I can see, LinkedIn is all about networking existing AL> people a la Facebook, and I have yet to hear of anyone who has AL> found anyone else via LinkedIn. i am not sure what you mean by new people. perl people on linked in who are not in the perl group? perl people not even on linked in? i doubt you would find many of those unless someone sees a job lead and forwards it to outside friends. that could happen. AL> That's the kind of story I'm looking for. well, i will be using linked in in all possible ways. they claim to be a good place to search for candidates and i will try that. i can send messages to my connections and through them to many more connections. although the pm group may be self selected perl mongers but i don't expect all of its members to have networked much. and they can also spread the word to their connections who may not be in the perl group. anyhow, there is no way i would do this on orkut (which had a large perl group) or other networking sites. linked in seems to be the only one aimed at professional types. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
