[python-advocacy] Thought: Using LinkedIn to reward open-source developers

[Stephan Deibel]

Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote:
> I've been using LinkedIn to leave positive reviews of some of the best 
> and most professional contributors to The Python Papers. It occurs to me 
> that the same mechanism could apply equally well to other open-source 
> projects. I'm not 100% sure how much value LinkedIn comments would have 
> in a job interview, but my guess is that an increasing amount. Certainly 
> I'd take them seriously if I was employing someone. I'd definitely check 
> out their profile.

A genuine unsolicited recommendation is certainly worth something.  I
plan to do more of these myself at some point... although I do wonder
how to tell those from mutual back-slapping or those done just so
LinkedIn stops calling a profile 90% complete.

- Stephan