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Top Tech Engineers Avoid LinkedIn To Evade Branding
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Michael Novati, a former Meta principal software engineer, said on the A Life Engineered podcast that top-tier Big Tech engineers often have little or no LinkedIn presence. He said elite engineers are privately recruited via long-term recruiter relationships and campus connections rather than public job hunting. The account highlights hidden recruiting channels but notes this applies to a rare, highly compensated cohort.
Key Points
- 1Assert that top-tier Big Tech engineers frequently have little or no LinkedIn presence publicly
- 2Describe that senior recruiters cultivate long-term relationships and campus ties to privately recruit elite engineers
- 3Advise that ordinary engineers should maintain LinkedIn; being offline benefits only a rare elite cohort
Scoring Rationale
Provides insider recruiting insight but rests on a single anecdotal source and applies to a narrow elite cohort.
Sources
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