Comments on: Weak Ties

By: Zachary Pittman

Zachary Pittman — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 22:47:18 +0000

I found a link to this series on Reddit recently. So far it has been very insightful. You will see my invitation to connect soon.

By: Sewana

Sewana — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:56:05 +0000

Walking in the prescnee of giants here. Cool thinking all around!

By: Effective Networking (Be Selfless)

Effective Networking (Be Selfless) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:24:46 +0000

[...] I try to illustrate weak ties, I often use the example where there are ten people you know, but not very well at all. But you [...]

By: Effective Networking (Community Service)

Effective Networking (Community Service) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:23:40 +0000

[...] yourself with an internship-free summer of nothing planned out ahead of you. You’ll build weak ties, probably some strong ties, build up your resume, maybe learn a few skills, and definitely learn a [...]

By: Darius Kazemi

Darius Kazemi — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:03:35 +0000

I use LinkedIn to search for people and find out what their jobs are and their work history. I also use it for introductions sometimes. And I like the regular updates of who in my network has a new job or whatnot.

But to be honest I don’t spend a lot of time with LinkedIn…. I should look at it more closely!

As for Facebook, I don’t know WHAT it’s for anymore :P. But like you, I don’t ever initiate professional networking there, I only respond to stuff if someone else initiates.

By: Max Nichols

Max Nichols — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:52:09 +0000

I’m just curious what your present thoughts on LinkedIn are. I myself find it more useful with each passing day, as it gets more feature-rich, iterates it’s design, and – most importantly – gets more and more people signed up.

At the time of this writing, you said you had 13 connections there. Well, now, 5 years later, you have some ridiculous number. 600, maybe? Would you say it’s become an even more essential tool? Do you find it more personally useful now than you did at the time of writing this article?

Also, do you have any thoughts on Facebook as a professional networking tool? I’ve met some devs who prefer it, but I myself prefer LinkedIn. If someone has a LinkedIn account, you know that it exists purely for the purpose of professional networking. But a facebook profile? Eh, you can never be sure that they actually want to use it for that purpose, unless they invite you first, or you end up close friends. I have no qualms about using it for professional networking, but it’s too ambiguous of a space for me to ever initiate it there.

By: Peter Bessman

Peter Bessman — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:41:00 +0000

You’ve got a request on linked in :)