Why should I use LinkedIn? 🤔

Let's start from the basis

If you are asking yourself this question, you gotta ask yourself how visible you are in this moment.

There was a time when people had to present themselves at a company's door and do their best to make a good impression 💼

Each time, they had to repeat the process: go to a different place, shake hands with someone, and pay attention to how convincing their handshake was 🤝

👉🏻 That world doesn’t exist anymore, because now everything is on the Web.

Nowadays, it’s pretty easy, because there’s just one place on the Web where the entire professional world is: LinkedIn.

Today, not having a LinkedIn profile, or barely using it, means being in this situation:

Essentially, completely invisible to companies. No matter how gifted you are.

Whether you are a student or you work in IT, you might argue that it’s annoying to be noticed through a social network, and what really matters is “how you showcase your professionalism directly at work”.

At the end of the day, if you are talented, you move forward, and you get what you deserve, right? 👀

Wrong. ❌

☝🏻 If there’s one thing I have learned during these years, it’s that working well is not enough. To have a successful career, you need at least these factors:

1. Curiosity

2. Talent

3. Luck

4. Effort

I want to highlight the one that makes the biggest difference compared to the others:

→ Curiosity: not under your control.

→ Talent: not under your control.

→ Luck: not under your control.

→ Effort: not only this is under your control, but it’s what allows you to compensate for the lack of the other three.

For example:
You can’t decide how curious you are about a topic, but it’s your duty to make sure your job is something you’re passionate about. Otherwise, it’s normal that you’ll never feel curious about it.

You can’t determine how talented you are, because talent is something you’re born with. But you can do your best to work hard, improve, and surround yourself with talented people.

Finally, you can’t choose to be lucky, but luck is based on probability. You can certainly take actions to move those numbers and increase your chances of good fortune.

What I am describing here is nothing more than living a life of intentionality:

having good intentions is positive, but it’s not enough, you also need to take action.

I’d like to mention a very inspirational resource: a book called Intentional Living, by John C. Maxwell, which describes the importance of living a life of intentionality.

Most of us live life passively, waiting for things to happen and opportunities to come.

Using LinkedIn won’t make you the best developer in the world, but it’s the place where, right now, you can cultivate a good portion of your Curiosity, Talent, Luck and Effort.

When these 4 factors are met altogether, you will find yourself in this position: