Jonathan Taylor on LinkedIn: Big tech and LeetCode have broken y'all's brains. Talking about the… (2024)

If I was in the unfortunate position of needing a job ASAP as a software developer, the LinkedIn job board would be the very LAST place I spent my time and energy every day. I would spend no more than 10 minutes a day applying and treat it like a lottery ticket. Why? Because it's too easy. It's literally called Easy Apply. LinkedIn is THE professional network. Even people who hang out on Twitter and hate LinkedIn still come back and visit when they are looking for a job. I would want to tilt the odds as far in my favor as possible. And that isn't going to happen on the job board here.

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The perfect combination for data type magic that will keep you on your toes.

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That'll be a hard pass for me. If you don't have the time and humanity to be present enough to interview a future employee, I can't imagine how terrible the work culture is.Also, this will just encourage an AI candidate to show up to the interview. So now we will have algorithms interviewing each other for made up positions. Fantastic use of time and energy. Great progress we've made with technology.

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I would pay for LinkedIn Premium if they focused their AI efforts on features like:"We have hidden the post below because we have detected that it is another horrible take from an out of touch founder." or "We don't think you should connect with this person based on how closely they match to others you have proactively blocked." or "This person actively participates in an engagement pod, so we went ahead and muted their profile."Instead we get 'Rewrite with AI'canned prefilled connection messagesand, 'Sorry, the scam you flagged in your DM isn't actually a scam even though they are asking for personal information via Whatsapp and are copy/paste exact matches like the previous 100 you have already reported. "

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The most disappointing part of all of this isn't even that the original announcement video contained misdirection and FOMO. That's a given in the world of slick marketing and carefully cut demos.It's that so many tech influencers and journalists praised and amplified the announcement and are now walking back how 'even they were fooled'. This is what happens when hype and the race to announce first overshadows rational thinking and proper investigation by those who claim to be professionals.https://lnkd.in/gYuspZ7C

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Netflix: here is the exact millisecond you stopped watching previously. Amazon: you stopped around here, give or take about 30 seconds. Hulu: we think you were watching this episode, but honestly we aren't confident. Here, watch an ad and hopefully you'll forget. Disney: sorry, the movie you downloaded just before this 4 hour flight won't play because we need an Internet connection to check to make sure you still have a subscription. Good luck!!YouTube: we tracked everything about your watch session but we aren't telling you any of it--start back at the beginning.

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There are a lot of visitors in town for the eclipse. All the AirBnBs and hotels are full in the path of totality.And I can tell you what those people are eating for the next 24 hours. Tonight is spaghetti Breakfast will be cereal, yogurt, and fruitLunch tomorrow is sandwiches and potato chipsGrocery store data is fun.

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Did you know thathow you are currently doing software development is the perfect way and everyone else is wrong? You should definitely make sure everyone knows!

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Personalized marketing emails and reengagement campaigns are so silly. I get it though; playing to human psychology can be effective. But, Stan from World Coolest T-Shirts, no one actually believes you sat down at 3 am and typed them an impassioned message about the latest flash sale.

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