The next professional network will not look like LinkedIn
I don’t agree with this assessment at all.<p>First, the analysis is woefully limited to specialized aspects pertaining to only the tech industry. A lot of the disruptive forces linked in the article are highly ill specific to very limited situations.<p>Second, the analysis doesn’t explain <i>why</i> it’s bad that LinkedIn appeals to businesses and recruiters. Why is that a problem? It appeals so well to them that basically <i>all</i> companies are on LinkedIn in some way, and that means that young people coming into the marketplace <i>will</i> go there to find work. They don’t have to enjoy it or even log in that often to justify keeping an active account.<p>Personally, I know at least a few people who do not have a Facebook account at all, but they do have a LinkedIn, <i>because that’s where the jobs are.</i><p>Finally, making the assumption that LinkedIn itself won’t change over time is completely shortsighted. It’s owned by one of the better managed companies out there (Microsoft) with tons of resources to make changes.<p>Accusing LinkedIn of being a relic of the past is like accusing Azure DevOps of being exactly the same as the old TeamForge Services - a woefully outdated view that only someone with zero recent exposure would take.<p>It doesn’t matter that the LinkedIn feed is a stupid waste of time, the jobs platform and InMail are the bread and butter of the platform and the reason why anyone’s there in the first place.<p>And by the way, if you’re looking for a job, give the Premium free trial a chance. The extra pieces of data you get on each listing can be really useful (although potentially not $40 a month useful), and there isn’t really another job website that can give them to you.