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If you want/need to have a prominent public professional presence, and you probably do at least during the current bout of "we don't need western born devs anymore" the industry is going through, you probably need to bifurcate a patsy persona that plays by the invasive corporate internet rules for public observation and a private persona that is private and does not and just never mix the streams (two phones, dualboot, etc)
Now, none of my entrepreneurial businesses use LinkedIn, and I've never had an account there. From what I hear, LinkedIn is a pretty fucked up scene. However, sometimes one must do as the Romans do. The trick is, as you say, dividing your private life from your public/business life, and as you mentioned, never cross the streams. It's difficult because we are social animals, and it is very easy to slip and divulge info from either our private or public/business lives. Loose lips sink ships. Since my businesses doesn't require a lot of meet n' greet type affairs, it's a little easier for me.
One on my businesses deals with a branch of construction. I've found a lot of old heads with split personas. If you cold call one of them, and say you ask for 'Barney Smith'. The person will automatically assume that persona or I have been asked 'Who wants to know'. They are kind of practicing dual personas depending on their business angle which are all separate from their personal lives. It's kind of an interesting phenomenon, and it's one I've adopted.
Two valid and distinct government IDs??
If your "private" persona is uploading government IDs, you're doing it wrong.
OP is required to upload a valid government issued ID to use LinkedIn. Are you saying they should not use LinkedIn, full stop? I’m not following how you are advising them to get a job.
When they ask to see your ID, they probably also define exactly which parts of the it they want to see. If you choose to comply, you could still cover everything else from the ID card.
Ideally though, you would tell them where they can shove these requests. In reality, avoiding LI is getting a bit hard.
Not with their private persona... I am saying they should maintain a normie persona that is spied on and use that for having a public persona for professional purposes that is completely separated via a separate device/duapboot from a private persona they primarily use and observe best practices with
Which one has a legitimate government issued ID, and which does not?
Are you a bot, or just trolling or what?
I’m seriously not understanding your argument. I THINK you are trying to indicate that the secret persona is made up, and does not have any connection to the “real” person, who is the one with valid identification and employment. Which I always assumed was how we all were doing it.