Well said. There are lots of reasons for skilled software engineers to despise LinkedIn. They don't need its version of networking, and they find recruiters' endless serenades tiresome.
But in most other lines of work, the recruiters don't knock so often (or so cluelessly) ... and the access to other people's profiles actually is quite handy. Sales. Finance. Media. Education. Law. Non-profits. It's a long list.
It's anyone's guess whether Microsoft can execute the bulk of its strategic plan for LinkedIn. But the plan is not foolish.
I don't really get this - it's weird to me that when I meet other developers at meetups or conferences or wherever, it doesn't seem "cool" to connect on LinkedIn, but nothing else fills that same role. I'm happy to trade GitHub profiles, but unless both of us do most of our interesting work in the open, which statistically we don't, then that's a much less informative profile.
But in most other lines of work, the recruiters don't knock so often (or so cluelessly) ... and the access to other people's profiles actually is quite handy. Sales. Finance. Media. Education. Law. Non-profits. It's a long list.
It's anyone's guess whether Microsoft can execute the bulk of its strategic plan for LinkedIn. But the plan is not foolish.