I get exactly the effect you mention here all the time from LI: recruiter spam from people who tell me they&#x27;ve read my (junior dev) profile, <i>then</i> offer me Lead Dev positions for their young company, while at the same time saying the requirements for the role are 10 years of &quot;progressive software dev experience&quot; (which I don&#x27;t have and is definitely apparent from my profile).<p>It&#x27;s baffling. Don&#x27;t tell me you&#x27;ve read my resume if you clearly haven&#x27;t. These people are not helping themselves by blasting a canned message to those who match whatever keyword they&#x27;re filtering for.