It’s been well over 3 years since I joined LinkedIn and I finally reached that magical mark where my profile says “500+ connections”. From now on, people will just have to just guess about the sheer massivicity of my network since LinkedIn will no longer communicate to the public with any specificity about how many connections I have (currently 507, but who’s counting). I’m not going to blather on about what a great thing LinkedIn is, etc, etc, since everyone knows what it is / does, but i do find myself on the site at least once a week looking for someone or seeking a connection.
But truth be known, there are many, many contacts on my list that I don’t speak with very often (some never), but it’s surprising how many I bump into at alumni happy hours, soccer games and other accidental encounters around town. The foundation of my network remains concentrated in Level 3 folks, many of whom are still there or went to work at other companies around Denver, so the odds are good for a chance encounter.
A thanks to one of my Point B colleagues, Jason Hayes, for finally putting me over the mark.
