I’m a career transitioner looking to get a higher paying job working as a Web Developer. I’ve been self teaching for a bit over 3.5 years now and am currently working part time at a very small start up while still working on my own personal projects and slowly researching and studying CS topics.

I have been networking, mainly online and some locally. I also have been trying desperately to get away from mainstream social media platforms (left instagram, left reddit). But I find myself being highly encouraged by those within my network to keep my LinkedIn profile maintained and regularly post as a part of appealing to recruiters. I dislike the LinkedIn platform and what I perceive to be toxic positivity that proliferates on there. I also have reservations on hosting all my code on Github, but that seems to be what everyone defaults to for showcasing their portfolio.

I generally want to use alternatives to FAANG products whenever possible, and even though it’s not in the acronym, I include Microsoft in this list. I’d like to move away from using Microsoft products (LinkedIn) and their acquired platforms (Github) without nuking my potential career prospects.

This is more asking about long term advice as I believe as a new developer, this may not be possible (?).

Nevertheless, I’m seeking any advice on how to still advance my career in tech while staying off of these major platforms.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

TLDR; New web developer wants advice on how to continue to advance career without use of major media platforms, specifically LinkedIn, but also Github.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Honestly LinkedIn is a necessary evil. That is where people and businesses are, so that is where people and businesses go.

    GitHub however does have functioning alternatives like GitLab, BitBucket and Gitea for hosting your code/projects.

    • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I’ve never landed an interview or gotten a job based on LinkedIn. I think anybody who places an emphasis on that garbage is toxic and you don’t want to work for them.

      • Blaze@lemmy.zip
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        9 months ago

        I got a few jobs through LinkedIn, they were decent places. I wouldn’t automatically categorize a company placing their job positions there as toxic.