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Hi everyone, I was wondering if it is unethical or rude to not respond to some recruiter messages at all or to random people asking if you're available to start a business on LinkedIn? I have a lot of them and know what's it like to be ghosted by companies as an interviewee so wouldn't want to offer the same treatment, on the other hand it takes me a lot of time to craft even a single answer, what's your take on this ? To be honest some offers are also low-ball offers that it makes me not want to respond at all :)) but I wouldn't want to be rude to people.

When I say re-org, I mean product we are working on changes, but people more or less remain the same.

I have primarily worked in the consumer space for most of my career and I was re-orged 9 months back, still working in the consumer space. This was first re-org of my life, and it came up with lots of uncertainties and new partner teams.

Now again, I (along with few more people) have been re-orgd to enterprise product. For 2 months, we'll help another team in one project. After that we'll get a proper product to work upon.

I have the following doubts and need help with:

1. Moving from consumer to enterprise at the first glance doesn't seem interesting. I am not sure how will it go with time but if anyone had this experience in their career, please consider sharing.
2. Any advice to cope up with the demotivation due to continuous re-orgs?
3. I was a UI developer and now I am focusing majorly on API. Tbh, my tasks are pretty easy but I am taking time to grasp how everything works end-to-end. Until we get to the final product we will be working upon, I don't think I will have solid points to show in performance review since I am mostly focusing on execution. The team owning the project had already disambiguated the main chunks of the project.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi how can I ask a colleague for positive review on LinkedIn. My colleagues have worked with me and know what I can do they often say positive things about me.

Yeah not sure how to ask for LinkedIn recommendation. The thing is it would be really helpful to me. In interviews I don't have 10 years of experience just 2 years. But my colleagues know that I learn faster than usual and what I did in 1 year was really a lot compared to average. But someone working at another company interviewing me they don't know. LinkedIn Recommendations from my colleagues can really help me.

But I am worried about asking them for positive review on LinkedIn they might think that I want to leave the current company. Actually sometimes they kind off subtly tell me to leave the company, well some of them.

My mentor at work tells me if I want higher salary it's best to look for different job than stay at 1 job. This will get higher salary faster and I shouldn't tell the manager he told me this. I want to ask my mentor for a recommendation for linkedin.

Also after I ask my mentor this he/ the team might start treating me differently calculating for me likely/potentially leaving the company more so than staying. Giving me less scope.

So how to approach this in a professional way.
Hey, can you give me a LinkedIn recommendation?
Why? So people that haven't worked with me before also know what I'm worth.

Why? you intend to leave this company?
Uh....

I just signed an offer with one of my dream tech companies that significantly increases my comp. I'm excited to be starting, but nervous about hitting the ground running. Will be making liberal use of Taro courses to guide me!

I have 3 questions:

1. should I tell people on my team where I'm going? I don't see how I get around this. My concern is I don't want people to be envious that I'm leaving for a better opportunity that pays a lot more. I think it's unavoidable, and I imagine this just comes down to being as considerate and professional as I can be.

2. This is about balancing finishing up at my old job and preparing for my new one. I know good practice is to prep an offboarding plan and try and tie up as many loose ends as possible. Regardless, there are simply things I won't be able to do in the 2 weeks I have left. Then there's prepping for my new job. I don't have familiarity with a bunch of the tools we're using and want to do anything I can to prep for it since I want to make a good impression when I start and I know the pace of my new job will be at least 2x what it is in my current one. Basically, this comes down to should I take time out of my remaining 2 weeks to prep for my new job the way I did when I was interviewing and trying to get my new job? I feel like there's no right answer here, just a spectrum. What I'm thinking right now is I'll try working with my current manager and getting a reasonable amount done in my old/current job for every day I have left, but no more than that. All other time will go to prep.

3. Should I post that I got my new job on LinkedIn? Similar to my first question, I'm sensitive to how others may feel. Equally important, I don't feel secure in my job and feel like I only want to post about it or switch my status after I feel a certain level of comfort there (if it ever comes) or time spent there (more deterministic). If I were not to list it on LI, I would either need to have myself still working at my old job or appear to be unemployed.

Thanks!

Should I put "incoming masters @ university" on my LinkedIn if I haven't started yet, but am applying to internship positions that are seeking this profile? I'm in a complicated situation where I'm also unsure if I'm going to end my undergrad exactly this summer, or if I should be extending it. Some internships I'm applying for I just say I'm graduating undergrad in 2025. I have one last summer internship at a company that I'm very interested in returning (interned there 8 months last year and the team has budget) but I also want a backup plan in case I don't get a return offer - I'm afraid that if I put incoming masters, they might not give me a full time return offer. The plan is for me to continue with the masters as a backup plan if the job falls through and nothing else pops up

One of my coworkers is leaving my company at the end of next week. I'd like to ask him for a LinkedIn recommendation. When I end up leaving the company at some point, I'd like to ask my current coworkers for a LinkedIn recommendation.

My question is, when should I ask for the recommendation? While they're still at my company but on 2 week notice, or after they've left? I think while they're still here makes sense since there's nothing wrong with a current coworker recommending you.

Any other thoughts about LinkedIn recommendation and their value (or lack thereof) are welcome.

I occasionally have people reach out to me on LinkedIn asking me to refer them to my company. I want to be a nice guy, but I also don't want to refer people who are probably no better than the average person cold applying.

How should I think about helping these people without sacrificing too much of my own time? E.g. I can ask to see their resume and go through it to see that they're basically qualified. In my mind, the more qualified they are, the more reason I have to refer them, although the less likely they need my referral.

Am I thinking about this the right way?

Thanks!

platforms:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Youtube
• Instagram
• Tiktok

Curious to know what people's experience with different platforms has been?

Can be in terms of actual value added to people maybe people get less value from twitter than youtube?

Or how hard it is to grow your followers?

Or how much a follower is worth?

Mechanics of content on different platforms -- what drives a follow/subscribe on LinkedIn vs. twitter?

I'll start:

On linkedin you already have a follower base so its easy to start

on twitter I see that youre basically starting from scratch and if youre not a CEO or someone doing something cool then its hard to get followers there

I am seeing many people making posts about Gaza or Israel on LinkedIn. American politics are becoming extremely polarized and many people feel a responsibility to speak out for what they believe. Gaza and Israel is the main example right now, but there are others. I also saw this trend when SCOTUS overturned Roe Vs Wade.

I might be seeing only a small percentage of people on LinkedIn but many high level engineers, managers and others at top companies are bringing politics into LinkedIn.

To be clear, I am not trying to make Taro a place for politic debate.

There probably is not any right answer to this, but I would like to hear opinions.

Thanks

Hi all. I am working at a contract role right now with a small startup that ends in less than 6 months. There is a chance to convert to full time, but they could also just end the contract.

I am confused about how to handle LinkedIn during this time.

Should I keep the open to work badge?

Currently I get a lot of reachouts on LinkedIn for interviews. I am not sure if that will change when I take the badge off.

Hey, I hope you all are having a good one.

I was curious how do you network on LinkedIn to find Internships/jobs.

Specifically:

1. What is a good approach to reach out to VPs/Hiring Managers recruiters in your target companies?
2. Being an Entry level/Mid-Level developer what are some ways you can provide value to them too?
3. What are some "Don'ts" of this approach

Thank you in advance.

I am early in the career and have managed a few events in the company, so some execs Sr. Manager, Director and Sr. Director recognize me. Whenever I am around them, I get blank and they are the first one to say Hi, how are you doing?

Any high-level tips to get over it? I am also not sure what to talk to them about but probably some company highlights, team things or very general fun things.

Hi everyone, I work on Android and currently my team isn't having a lot of OKR work, at least Android-specific. This means I got some time to understand the system better and improve my craftsmanship.

What could I pick up now which will help me in career growth and better understanding of the system? As of now, I am writing a couple of lint rules. I also tried exploring few other repos but there are just too many to explore in-depth.

I'm currently building a side project. I completed my idea of a MVP for the project and I'm looking to market it at some point to get some real users.

I have some ideas on posting on reddit and linkedin, but I'm a little nervous as I've never posted on linkedin before.

My project is a web app.

I see a lot of emphasis on being :linkedin: famous these days. While a lot of it is valuable content, I wonder what's the motivation behind it? What's in it for very senior engineers?

As I read through some of the technical design docs / OKRs on the team, I've noticed some fellow engineers put out some really thoughtful comments (especially the more senior folks), however coming up with such feedback observations is not always super intuitive. As a new-hire junior, I'm looking to build up this skill of conducting an effective design / OKR review.

What do you usually look for / pinpoint when reviewing a design doc or OKR for a new project? How can I still provide good feedback despite not having the same level of exposure / experience?

I post every question anonymously here on Taro so that my company is not revealed.
I fear if any of my posts are viewed by my colleague on LinkedIn they will start looking at me from a different perspective.

I'm an Android Engineer and I recently did a course on AI for Business Leaders from Udacity I feared sharing it on LinkedIn because my team will start judging me.

I don't even know whether sharing a post will make any deep difference, but I want to shape my career around intelligent systems and reach out to a similar audience in the coming years.