As far as finding a job/project is concerned do you think that having a lot of recommendations can be considered suspect?
What would be “too many” and can it vary depending on geography/culture?
This is the question I asked on the LinkedIn network and if you feel like sharing your thoughts about this then you can either comment this post or go to LinkedIn.
I am wondering because last Monday I asked the near-to-be-former colleagues I am connected to to endorse me on LinkedIn. And the result is pretty impressive with 17 recommendations so far and certainly more to come.
Only 8 of them are actually visible right now. Not being shown on my profile is not a mark of disregard, I really thank every people that took the time to write something for me, even the smallest blurb!
However, I decided to make a choice and display only recommendations from my managers, my closest co-workers and non-technical people.
I did this because I though I would be suspicious seeing a profile with a lot of recommendations. I might be biased, however. My father being a former cop in the French police I learned to be wary of anything unusual (this can be technically useful but is socially terrible).
Hence the question, any hint welcome :)
2008-04-11 Update: After 14 answers on LinkedIn I decided I will show all the recommendation I received.
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2:30 am and I can’t sleep, my mind don’t stop to jump from though to though like a sparkle.
Thinking about Tibet, my new MacBook, product ideas, my future as a freelancer (with a f or a F?), DITA (not von teese) and my future ex-job.
About Tibet I think I will have to write something but I still need more accurate and unbiased documentation. Actually the topic is pretty hot at Home (my girlfriend Yang being Chinese).
I am thinking about twitter as well, I have been hesitating a long time before subscribing and now I am lurking around, following a few people (mostly Lausanne/Geneva citizens and two or three others like Robert Scoble or Guy Kawasaki) and asking myself “how come some of these people can blog, qwik, seesmic, twitter, attend conferences and whatnot and actually have a real life ?”
I mean, did they followed Tim Ferris advices and got a GetFriday monthly plan? I still miss something that’s for sure…
Anyway, someone posted a link to something I was looking for: xootr, a scooter with brakes (they have a european distributor) now let’s go see if I can order one :)
Here it is,
After 6 years in Odyssey (minus 6 months failing to build a product and 3 months escaping burnout in China) I am leaving…
Those interested will ask where do I go? Nowhere! I am going solo, freelance, whatever… I am going free!
And one of the first thing I will do is to attend Going-Solo, on the 16th of May, a conference held in Lausanne about being a Freelancer and organized by Stephanie Booth.
Stephanie, thank you for the perfect timing!
