Linkedout -- Bye Bye Linkedin

I joined LinkedIn in 2006, though not very active, checking Linkedin atleast once a day was a daily routine. Most of the time, it was to check out posts from my ex-colleagues, sometimes to track down people I would suddenly remember from work, and the rest of the time, it was just to scroll.

At the beginning of 2025, I decided to take a break from LinkedIn and deactivated my account. Reasons? 

1. Felt it was becoming more like Facebook, where people keep posting about their and their family members' achievements. It feels as if here, too, people are trying to get the maximum "Likes" or footfalls. Slowly and gradually, the platform started looking irrelevant.

2. No genuine engagement or connect with members.

I am very choosy when it comes to sending connect request of accepting. And so my network actually is very small, and I used to believe that I have few but genuine connections. But that was not the case. Many times, I never got a response to 1-1 messages. Many times, Interactions over the Posts felt very superficial

3. Job Opportunities 

I have been looking on and off for opportunities through LinkedIn all these years, but I never got an opportunity through LinkedIn. It was usually through job portals or through professional references, but never through the LinkedIn platform.  

So, last year I took a break from LinkedIn and didn't miss it much, but then in July, I went to Bangalore just to meet my friends and acquaintances, Met Sonu after 23 years, Yash after 14 years, and we started talking about other friends, and that's when I felt the need to be on LinkedIn. I came back and reactivated my account, and tried reconnecting with 2 of my Wipro batchmates, but after that, nothing much. 

Professionaly I took break 3 years back, deciding I will get back to academics and change my path if possible. But whatever I had planned didn't work out. And then recently, I thought I should check the waters and apply for suitable Job openings. It's during this process that I realised that nothing much happens through the platform. What matters is your personal connection with people and how you pursue each opportunity individually .

LinkedIn was the only social media I was in, Deleting the account still seems a difficult choice; it's like deleting all my work experience. What if someone asks for LinkedIn profile? 😕

Maybe having a resume is good enough ! So I guess finally its time to say LinkedIn - "Over and Out"