Grapevine has been such a leveler for corporate illusions

Welcome to NEW LinkedIn, where professionals go to get distracted - Because nothing says "professional networking" like knowing that out of my 30K connections, 48 have played Queens in the last hour. Exactly the vital information I needed today. And it's so comforting to know my boss not only sucks at setting my KPIs but also sucks at LUDO (oh wait.. they dont have LUDO, but you get the point). Say Yes to LinkedIn Games : because what better way to showcase your professional skills than competing in virtual board games. Maybe next we’ll have a LinkedIn Queens Champion title to boost your profile visibility and job hunt next? - AI Post Ideas – Original thoughts? Nah, let the algorithm tell me what to think. Can’t wait for the ‘Inspirational Monday Motivation’ template. Because originality is overrated, right? - LinkedIn Shorts – because TikTok isn’t enough. Now I can document getting laid off in 30-second clips. ‘Watch me scream at my boss in high definition!’ And the best part? When the boss yells at an employee, we can record that too! Coming soon: "Live from the pantry" and "Breakout room drama" LiEmploymentTV is the new reality TV What are the new features in pipe: Kundli and Tarot? - LinkedIn Horoscopes: Today’s forecast: Your connection requests will be ignored. Better luck tomorrow! - LinkedIn Tarot Readings: The cards say stop pretending to enjoy team-building exercises - LinkedIn Karaoke: Here's a hip hop base track to sing your resignation letter - LinkedIn Pet Profiles: Cause your cat deserves a professional network too - LinkedIn Cooking Shows: Cause you are more than your current role - LinkedIn Meditation Sessions: Your mind needs it own Calm - LinkedIn Matchmaking: We solved for the jobs, now lets help you find love with someone equally networked Meta shutting down workplace really dint teach you anything??? To the PMs at LinkedIn – Thanks for teaching us - What not to do when and how.

When I was a kid I dreamt of becoming a software engineer, because I was told software engineers are always in front of their computers. Little me thought that I could play Pinball all the time. But after I became an engineer a couple of years ago, I found myself not even getting enough time to play. Sad life... Recently I realised, I've been playing Pinball all the time. The launcher which kicks you in the butt is known as the HR. The two flippers in the bottom which keep on kicking you are manager and team lead. The side drums which gives shocks to you, are senior developers. The switches that you toggle in the top, are the interns. And the worm hole which you enter, stay for a while and come back with more speed? That's called a long weekend. That is rare. Enjoy the corporate game of Pinball my friends!

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Generally fishbowl has too many service company or consultants kinda employees. Talking about content, it is high quantity and quality is degrading. And there are too many posts so no one read them along with that only 1-2 comments on many posts. it's content is of no use at all. I find fishbowl useless now and would not want grapevine to evolve at all like that. Views??

Graphvine is my real comfort zone. No one is trying to show off. Reminds me that normal people like me exist too. On Twitter, every college student is super deep into AI research or every professional has 3+ income streams

I feel that when you open up to people about your traumas and insecurities, people are only going to use it against you in an arguement. While you might argue that not everyone does that, and I would be the first one to agree to that. But you somehow stop trusting everyone, even your shadow , when your favorite people become your most bitter life lessons. The one who feels emotions always ends up suffering more. In the hindsight, it feels as if being a bare minimum "good human" is a curse. However, I have been using grapevine to vent out and connect with strangers and so far I have only met supportive and empathetic human beings (most of them). Despite being covered in the sheild of anonymity, most people have only been respectful and kind. This proves that we, as humans , are only meant to love each other. Hatred is futile. Empathy is inherent while hatred is "cultivated". I hope grapevine founders dont stumble across this post else theyll start charging premium fees when they realize how highly people speak of this platform lol

Rant. Chappri Interns and mid af SDEs on LinkedIn have destroyed the entire point of the platform. Every Tier 1 graduate working at Microsoft or Walmart posts their own pic in some Manali hillstation and give 400 lines of unsolicited gyaan, which virgin btech 2nd year students cant help but drool at. I get it bro/sis, you mugged up 800 LC mediums and Microsoft came to your BITS campus and picked you up because you solved a system design question in the interview which scales infinitely for infinite users. No, i dont want to enroll is PrepCracker's System Design Cohort for just Rs 69,999 and replace Hotstar's CTO. Folks like Arpit Bhayani and Addy Osmani are the only reason I open linkedin to actually get some ground level reality of how to be a better SWE, but all i see is bhaiyya didi telling me why my resume is not getting selected because i didnt pay Rs. 1,999 for their Topmate Resume Review session. Due to them Twitter is full of 2nd year dimwits who think swe is the only path to liberation and their bhaiyya didi will be their guiding angel. They won't. They'll turn out just like your average 3.5lpa employee at WITCH. The only way to become a good swe is figure shit out yourself and do what you love. Its that simple. Im from a shit tier 3 college. I've cracked FAANG and that too with 42 lc solved. What DSA bro? Thankyou to the Grapevine team for building a good platform where genuine watercooler discussions take place. Deleted LinkedIn for good until i get my sanity back.

Thank God! We have Grapevine ❤️ because LinkedIn makes me 🤢🤮

Just like that 1) on Facebook everyone is happy, 2) on LinkedIn everyone is so gyanny 3) on Instagram everyone is so good looking 4) on Twitter everyone has an opinion Add one more to this 5) on grapevine everyone is high earning 😜