The humblebragging dishonesty of LinkedIn

My own father started as a carpenter at 16 and was a site manager on big jobs in Manchester and later Dublin in his 30s (never had any official qualifications,it's probably different now I accept)

He went out on his own then and went contracting,he did bits and pieces himself at this time but younger lads were doing the heavy lifting.He was never happier than being out in the muck and sh1te building houses.I went with him enough summers to know I wasn't cut out for it.

He's going strong in his 80s and still does bits and pieces around houses.Im the one that's crippled with a bad back since I was 41.

I suppose you'd need to have some grà for a trade and not just be focused on money though.However it's not hard to see they're be tiger level demand and money coming soon,it's already started,some will come out of it better than others just like the last time.

I really really dont and if they are it wont be pushing them towards manual labour

This is not true, a reason people live longer is we no longer live the life of our parents parents

You can call me whatever you like and I wont get offended if you make a mistake. So I dont need to let people know what I identify as. Nobody cares anyway, even if they feel they have to pretend to care, for fear of getting pounced on by some woke bully gang.

And to live a healthier life .....you understand not being out bent over in the rain half your life is part of that right.

I thought linkedin was an employment based networking site. If I didn't know that I wouldn't know WTF it is by looking at the advert they have on TV

Looks like some kinda identity soup mixed with cosmetics or dancing or something from a woke colony on mars. If I turned the sound down I wouldn't think I could get another job by using whatever product that advert pertains too. Kinda thing rte will look at and try and copy. (says it all really)

I shut down my linkedin account in October. Best thing I have done since shutting down facebook in 2018.

I owe Linkedin a lot for the career opportunities it gave me but in the last few years it became painful.

It's not a case of having it worse. Physical work is a form of exercise, sitting at a desk isn't. Being tired after a days physical work is very different from being tired after a long day in the office. You actually benefit from a days physical work. There is no benefit from sitting staring at a screen for a long period of time (porn aside).

You benefit from working out. You dont benefit from being bent over in a attic. The fantasy around construction is laughable in this thread. Clearly most have never actually worked a day on a site, they are going as far as just making stuff up

It's an immediate skip if a post starts with "I don't normally post personal stuff here but...."

As is usual on boards you're only seeing one narrative.

There'll be lads failing the leaving cert next year who'll be retired by 50 after being smart about things.

(Not directed at you specifically)

There will be lads in the same boat with raging coke habits/alcohol issues and bad backs/decisions behind them aswell.

Such is the way of things,life is cyclical,always has been and always will.

Thank you, I've seen him pretty much from the start and at the beginning, you could tell he was trying his best to be the next whatever it is people want. Now I see people quoting him like he's a God and I know he's done what he set out to do, even though I'm not sure it has any tangible worth.

I dont update my LinkedIn profile for many of the reasons stated above. It’s old and I have honestly never used it. I keep in contact with people through it. However, it doesn’t stop many sales pitches of life / business coaches and other nonsense, sending me inane requests to sort my world out.

in messages, if I feel like it, is ask two simple questions why and how (maybe with a twist).. it always leads to the same inane response and the messenger is left with,,, “I think X could take some coaching from me!”