I haven't had LinkedIn for almost 10 years now, and I haven't had Facebook for at least 6 months now.
Explaining why I don't have either is a burden I live with in my professional life, but the degree to which even other technical professionals don't sympathize with not having accounts on LinkedIn is pretty amazing.
I guess I'm relegated to a bit of sub-culture-ness. I'm self-employed, so I'm okay with that, but I guess others might find it challenging.
Nah. Perhaps I have a more strict work/not-work separation than many, but I am 9-5:30 plain-ol'-employed here, and from what I have seen of LinkedIn I am absolutely not challenged by this. I care about doing a job well, but watching a bunch of people advertising themselves to future employers by pretending to give far more a shit about The Haps in their industry than they actually do is, while almost charming, not something I would care to spend more than about two minutes every two years doing.
Lately I've been telling people who question me about this, "I know some people who work there. They won't say why because of NDA, but they tell me it's better that I don't have an account. They say they wouldn't have one if they didn't work there. I trust their judgement."
Explaining why I don't have either is a burden I live with in my professional life, but the degree to which even other technical professionals don't sympathize with not having accounts on LinkedIn is pretty amazing.
I guess I'm relegated to a bit of sub-culture-ness. I'm self-employed, so I'm okay with that, but I guess others might find it challenging.