I made an empty profile just to squat on my username. In theory it should be a fresh departure from Linkedin's approach. In practice I just found it mostly visual frills 🤷🏽♀️. I don't particularly enjoy promoting myself unless I really have to (ie. applying for a job, a grant, etc; which I'm not doing at the moment), so that may also be a factor.
I rather like the concept of "showcasing people's activities / impacts in various fields". Outside of web development I dabbled in other fields—not at the professional level that warrants entry in a formal CV, but maaaybe I need a platform to showcase my achievements in those fields. Maybe one day Polywork could solve that need, but currently IMO they have not executed the concept very well in their product.
Accessibility First DevRel. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
I have a feeling many are squatting their profiles.
It won’t be the first time I have been wrong if it becomes massive, but I think they have left too many people going “huh?”.
Second person who doesn’t enjoy promoting ourselves, we all need to work on getting better at self promotion and shaking that “it’s boasting” feeling! 😜
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I made an empty profile just to squat on my username. In theory it should be a fresh departure from Linkedin's approach. In practice I just found it mostly visual frills 🤷🏽♀️. I don't particularly enjoy promoting myself unless I really have to (ie. applying for a job, a grant, etc; which I'm not doing at the moment), so that may also be a factor.
I rather like the concept of "showcasing people's activities / impacts in various fields". Outside of web development I dabbled in other fields—not at the professional level that warrants entry in a formal CV, but maaaybe I need a platform to showcase my achievements in those fields. Maybe one day Polywork could solve that need, but currently IMO they have not executed the concept very well in their product.
I have a feeling many are squatting their profiles.
It won’t be the first time I have been wrong if it becomes massive, but I think they have left too many people going “huh?”.
Second person who doesn’t enjoy promoting ourselves, we all need to work on getting better at self promotion and shaking that “it’s boasting” feeling! 😜