>>WTF is the deal with "endorsements" in Linked In?
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>>I don't really use Linked In for anything and only have the free thing but I keep getting emails saying people in my network but with whom I've never worked have endorsed me for one skill or another. I figured maybe they are trolling for return endorsements ( would be happy to since they don't seem to require any real knowledge of whether somebody knows what the hell they are doing <s> ) but I don't see anyplace to do that and I don't see anything in my linked in profile that shows the endorsements so I'm starting to be suspicious the whole thing is some kind of scam and is not being generated by the people it says are endorsing me.
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>>At first it was a couple folks here endorsing me for SQL server, so I figured OK, I have talked about doing stuff with that, but today I got one saying Mike Beane and Randy Jean ( an old VFP friend I haven't talked to in years) have endorsed me for XML ( of which my encyclopedic knowledge is rivaled only by my understanding of baseball, soccer and gansta rap (west coast) )
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>>Anybody else getting these? Anyone want to get endorsed for Cobol, Turtle Logo or Microsoft Bob?
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>I get them as well, but so far, no one has endorsed me for anything I haven't worked in so I thought Linked in was looking at your skill set and asking those in your network to endorse. If you are getting endorsed for skills you've never attained, that's a new one on me! Have you been endorsed for embroidery yet? :)

No, but my fans may be confused and not realize embroidery and cross-stitch are distinct catergories. You were kind enough to endorse me for SQL server.

I did earn Firemanship, Animal Husbandry and Citizenship in the Home merit badges in Boy Scouts but so far have received no recognition... just sayin'.