On: I just don’t get LinkedIn, do you?

[barista]

This is the specific part of linkedin that I don't get. Why do I have to make my resume open to the world? If I have something that I am realy proud of then I agree I will put a couple of sentences about it. But the whole resume?

I do see that people painstakingly keep it updatesd so I'm sure they get some value from it. It's just that I don't understand what.

Maybe not having to ever look for a job is the cause of it.

[modeless → barista]

Why would you want to keep your resume a secret? That's like making a great website and telling Google not to index it. Do you not want to be found?

[shaggyfrog → barista]

> Maybe not having to ever look for a job is the cause of it.

Then you are living the dream, my friend. :)