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I agree with Slacker007.
I recently changed jobs and linked-in was great to reach out to old colleagues to see if they knew of any openings. But recently is really the only time I ever used it. I only update it when I change jobs.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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as little as possible.
Except when looking for new employment.
Depending upon attitude that might be daily or yearly. <grin>
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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My LinkedIn profile is accurate and up-to-date. However, because my professional profile doesn't change that often, it's easy keeping it up-to-date. I also don't accept connection requests from people I don't know (e.g. recruiters and random folk) personally or professionally.
/ravi
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Not that much, but I do list my skills and have a profile photo. I've often been contacted by recruiters for potential new jobs.
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Timothy W. Okrey wrote: What are your thoughts?
That's between you and your profile. What we think matters not.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I strongly disagree. This site is full of seasoned professionals who have been through the mill a few times. Their thoughts and ideas on what works and what does not can really help fellow developers navigate through tough spots like finding work. "What are your thoughts?" is a legitimate question, and is really what the lounge is all about.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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In terms of business profiles, LinkedIn is the the top dog currently.
A basic profile is good enough to set and forget for most people.
My view is that it is essential for anything where you often reach out to people. My top thoughts for <b>needing</b> a profile that is often updated:
1. Sales - you can reach out to people who your contacts are connected to!
2. Consulting - you can ask for recommendations that are publicly viewable.
3. Thought leadership - lots of people read the content on LinkedIn
4. Looking for a job - A LinkedIn profile can make you look more professional
Since people also often jump jobs, it is also an easy way to find lost business associates.
If you are a developer and are happy with your job/career, I wouldn't do anything more than the minimum.
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"Qulatiy is Job #1"
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TL;DR - Network if you want. It's up to you.
Like many other areas in life, you'll have to put some time into it in order to gain any benefit. Benefits aren't guaranteed, of course, but you're guaranteed to get nothing out of LinkedIn if you don't put anything into it.
I get contacted by recruiters often, but it's easy to tell the garbage from the real jobs. One benefit I have is that I live in an area with limited senior-level development talent, so many of us know each other, and know the companies. Every now and again, a new company enters the area, and they spend time looking at LinkedIn. This lead to one job that I had, and it was a good job. I only left that place due to a change in leadership; leaving was my vote of no confidence.
That said, LinkedIn is more than just your profile. I'm part of a military veterans group on that site, and that's afforded me several opportunities to talk to people I wouldn't have otherwise come across. I enjoy using LinkedIn, but I also understand it's not for everybody, and I don't look down upon people who don't use the site.
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I appreciate your comments and all of the others as well. Thank you for adding your thoughts. I too am a veteran, what is this veterans group you are referring to?
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country! from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?' - Jay Leno
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"I am constantly told..."
You don't happen to work at LinkedIn do you?
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That's pretty funny, no I do not. I have taken the position of ignoring social media in general over the years. My business associates and well meaning friends are the ones constantly telling me this. I set mine up a few years ago and have not done much with it. Now I am looking for new opportunities hence the comments about LinkedIn.
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country! from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?' - Jay Leno
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Absolutely none. Once Microsoft bought it I canceled my account. I didn't really use it anyway.
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It is the end of April, but we just have a rain storm, that coming down like hell...
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look on the bright side: as long as it doesn't flood or hail keeps the farmers happy, increased crop yields, cheaper groceries.
It's why the Sto Latians Welsh are always happy, cheap cabbage all year round, something they really love to sing about.
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So far, we have had hail, flash floods, storm damage, and 11 deaths (at least 9 due to criminal stupidity). 
The Sto Latians can keep their Brassica products; we have plenty of our own.
Ad astra - both ways!
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Could be the same one that's due to hit us this weekend.
So much for painting my fence...
Still, I guess a "yellow warning of rain" is preferable to a "warning of yellow rain".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Quote: Long as I remember the rain been coming down.
Clouds of myst'ry pouring confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain.
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It's not frogs again, is it?
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Would that it were. At least we could sell them to the French Quirmians. 
Ad astra - both ways!
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Drawing schematics again, this time the graphics hardware. I need a graphics chip (or a modern FPGA based replacement). It should be obtainable and of course offer as many features (HW sprites, resolution, colors, fonts...) as possible, while not requiring too much from the little 8 bit CPU that's going to use it.
Really great chips from the 8 bit age, like the Atari ANTIC, are almost completely unavailable, at least if you don't want to rip apart perfectly working old computers. They also often were designed to work together with a chipset and can get a little complicated when used standalone.
Up to now I have two candidates:
Motorola 6847[^]
Texas Instruments TMS9918[^]
I have a MC6847 in my parts box, but it requires a good load of external logic and offers only a limited alphanumeric mode, but decent monochrome graphics modes (vector graphics on 8 bit computers!)
The TMS9918 needs only two DRAMs and not very much more logic. It managess this video memory itself and allows no direct access from the CPU. That makes things simple. No bus drivers or potential bus collisions. It even has some simple hardware sprites and the alphanumeric modes are better than the modes of the MC6847. Nice and well, but the 'graphics' suck. Big time. Complicated addressing, complicated color restrictions...
Do you know any alternatives? Modern FPGA replacements that produce VGA output instead of composite video?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I have used a Texas part (might be the TMS9918 ?) that just needed RAM a clock line and go, a friend of mine was doing the programming a he said it was the hardest part and that was CGA good luck!
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That sounds very much like the TMS9918 or one of its successors. The hardware part is really simple, addressing the nonlinear graphics memory in the graphics modes on the other hand...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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