LinkedIn.com

[JRoss]

Hey everybody! Just wondering if anybody else out there uses LinkedIn. I signed up for it at the behest of my friends, and it's a pretty neat resource if you're into internet stuff, like forums and things. My only problem with it is that I can't seem to connect with too many other controls engineers. All my friends are computer programmers, and that's a different world! So if you're LinkedIn, look me up!

[Mach]

Has anyone joined this group. I looked into seems like there is a fee. I don't mind the fee but only if it's effective.

[TimWilborne]

I'm there http://www.linkedin.com/in/twcontrols

[Chris Elston]

me too http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriselston

[Mach]

Did you guys pay a fee? Are you active on it? I guess I'm asking if it's worth it.

[TimWilborne]

There is no fee. You can pay for additional invitations. But if you only invite genuine people you won't burn any of your invites. I still have all of mine

[Mach]

I'll figure it out, some day :) http://www.linkedin.com/in/hickstechnicalservice

[IamJon]

I'm on http://www.linkedin.com/in/jmrafaiani i just changed my url today, so the link might not work yet. Edited August 11, 2008 by IamJon

[Ken Moore]

Me too: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenemoore

[JRoss]

http://www.linkedin.com/in/shaxpere

[Chris Elston]

MrPLC group http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/666807/ Not sure if I can change it to a more friendly URL...but it's out there for now.

[DanW]

For the life of me, I can't figure out how what it's purpose is, or specifically how to do anything beyond register. It is totally obscure to me how an actual communciation would transpire. Yes, I can enter someone's email address and invite them to join. Big deal. What's it offer? I've registered, received invites, accepted the invitations, but can't figure out how to proceed or do anything with an invitation. So what? I've found people I already know who are listed with Linkedwhatever and whom I would like to contact, but attempting to contact them involves upgrading for a fee. So what's the purpose? If I already have someone's email, why would I register and use this service? If I don't already have someone's email address, and have to upgrade to paid service, I suspect that I dont't really get their email address, rather that the contact gets some form of obscure note, like an 'invitation' (?) to correspond. How would I know that it even transpired? But how would that proceed? What is the fee for upgrading to actually communicate with someone? Is the fee one time or monthly? or per message? Help me out here. I'm willing to listen, but I don't see the point. Dan