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How to Optimize Your Profile and Build a Developer Network on LinkedIn

Published Jul 5, 2022

Updated Feb 13, 2023

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LinkedIn is a social network where you can connect and build relationships with other professionals in your field. A strong developer profile can lead to potential job opportunities and more connections in this industry. But how do you go about optimizing your profile and building a developer network on LinkedIn?

In this article, I will walk you through each of the sections for a LinkedIn profile and show you the best ways to optimize them. I will also share tips on how to build relationships with other developers on Linkedin.

What title should you use on Linkedin?
How to optimize your profile and background images
- Is it ok to not include a profile image?
- Do I need a background image?
How to create a custom Linkedin URL
How to optimize your about section
- How long should the about section be?
What is the features section in Linkedin?
How to optimize your experience section
- Should you show unrelated tech experience on your Linkedin profile?
How to optimize your education section
Should you have recommendations on your profile?
Should you take Linkedin skills tests?
Exploring other sections of the Linkedin Profile
How to connect with other developers on Linkedin

What title should you use on Linkedin?

A lot of people will say that titles don't matter, but in reality titles do play a role in our society whether we like it or not. If you are currently working as a software developer, then your title can say Software Developer or Software Engineer at XYZ company. If you are a lead, staff engineer, senior, etc., then put that in your title.

If you are looking for your first job, then use "Software Developer" and list the technologies you are comfortable with. You want to avoid titles like "Aspiring Developer" or "Soon to be Developer" because that may disuade potential employers from looking at you before they are given an opportunity to understand what you have accomplished as a web developer despite not yet finding a formal role.

How to Optimize Your Profile and Background Images

When it comes to your profile picture, it is important to remember that you are interacting with other professionals in your industry. You want to choose a clean head shot that would be acceptable in professional settings.

Avoid using pictures of you partying in college, or pictures that don't even show your face.

You don't need to spend tons of money on professional head shots. You can even have a friend or family member take a head shot of you wearing a nice shirt.

Is it Ok to Not Include a Profile Image?

If you want to optomize your profile, it is very important to include a profile image.

A lot of hiring managers and recruiters are actively looking for developers and your profile image helps put a face to the skills and experience listed. By omitting that image, you might get passed over for potential opportunities.

Do I Need a Background Image?

A clean and simple background image can help your profile standout. Canva is a free design tool that you can use to create a Linkedin banner. They have dozens of free templates to choose from that you can customize and apply to your profile.

Here is what my LinkedIn profile and banner image looks like. Jessica Wilkins Linkedin profile image for article

How to Create a Custom Linkedin URL

Linkedin has a feature where you can customize your profile URL making it easier for people to find you. To learn how to create a custom URL, please read through this Linkedin article.

When it comes to naming your URL, I would suggest keeping it short and simple. I would suggest using your name and occupation like this: Jessica Wilkins Linkedin custom URL for article

How to Optimize Your About Section

This section is your opportunity to provide a short background on who you are professionally. It is best to talk about the types of projects you have worked on and tools/languages you are most familiar with. It is also good to talk about how you are involved with the community. For example, you might want to highlight your participation in open source projects, or your experience as a content creator.

Here is my current "About" section:

"I am a classically trained musician turned software developer who enjoys building solutions to unique business problems. I primarily work with React and TypeScript to provide clean efficient solutions to build better software products. I am actively involved in giving back to the community by participating in open source projects like freeCodeCamp. I have also written over 100 technical articles on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and career development."

How Long Should the About Section Be?

I personally like "About" sections that are a few sentences long. You can also have 2-3 paragraphs for your "About" section. However, I don't think it should be any longer than what can be read in a minute or two because the goal is to provide a brief overview of who you are, not a complete autobiography.

What is the Features Section on Linkedin?

This is a section on your Linkedin profile where you can show off some of your recent projects and articles. In my opinion, it can act as a small portfolio, and is often underutilized by software developers.

Here is a screenshot of my features section. jessica wilkins features section linkedin

I chose to list my Black Excellence Music Project and a couple of my top performing freeCodeCamp articles. This is a visually appealing way to show potential employers and recruiters your top work.

How to Optimize Your Experience Section

This section should be reserved only for work experience. There are other sections in your Linkedin profile where you can add volunteer experience or education.

Just like on a resume, you would place your most recent jobs first. Try to focus on highlighting significant contributions you made to the projects.

Here is an example from my experience section on Linkedin.

Implemented a light/dark theme solution for the This Dot Labs website
Performed accessibility audits for the This Dot Labs website and provided solutions for increasing performance and accessibility scores
Performed extensive smoke testing for client applications and reported bugs and feature requests to the rest of the development team
Built out several UI examples for a client's documentation page

If you have freelance experience, talk about the types of projects you built for them, and how you added value to their business.

Should You Show Unrelated Tech Experience on Your Linkedin Profile?

If you are a career changer like myself, there is nothing wrong with showing your previous work experience from another industry. That shows potential employers that you have worked in a professional setting before and have been gainfully employed for the past few years.

As long as you place your relevant tech experience at the top, then you will be fine.

How to Optimize Your Education Section

If you have a college degree, even if it is not in computer science, definitely list that on your Linkedin profile. If you have certifications, like the AWS certification, then list those as well.

There is some debate about whether or not to list certifications from online courses like Udemy. In my opinion, there is no harm in listing those, but it won't carry as much weight with employers and recruiters as AWS certifications, bootcamp certificates, or computer science degrees will.

Should You Have Recommendations on Your Profile?

Yes!

When people can vouch for your work, it goes a long way with future employers and recruiters. This will be especially helpful for those looking for their first full time software job who have done contract work or freelance work in the past.

Should You Take Linkedin Skills Tests?

There is a section on Linkedin where you can take different skills tests in areas like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. If you pass those tests, then you can list them on your profile.

These skill tests don't hold a lot of weight with recruiters or potential employers because they will provide their own skills tests during the interview process. There is no harm in taking them if you want to, but doesn't add a whole lot to your profile.

Exploring Other Sections of the Linkedin Profile

We have covered all of the core sections of the Linkedin profile, but there are additional sections you can choose to add.

Here are some sections you might consider exploring:

Volunteer experience
Projects
Organizations
Publications
Courses

You can find all of these additional sections when you click on the "Add Profile" button at the top of your Linkedin profile.

For more information and suggestions on how to optimize your profile, I suggest you watch Danny Thompson's Linkedin series on YouTube.

How to Connect With Other Developers on Linkedin

There are many ways to build out your network on Linkedin. One common way would be to send a connection request to another developer.

If you have been following someones' work online, or previously connected through a conference or online meetup, it would be a good idea to connect with them on Linkedin too.

Here is a sample message you can send along with your connect request.

"Hi, this is Jessica Wilkins and I enjoyed talking with you at the last Women in Tech meetup. I would love to be able to connect with you here on Linkedin too."

Now, when that person receives that connection request with a personalized message, they will be more inclined to accept. If you just send a connection request to a complete stranger without a personal message, then you will most likely be ignored.

Another way to connect with developers, is by commenting on and sharing others' posts.

If someone is sharing an article or posting a hot topic, feel free to jump in the conversation. If you really enjoyed the article, then share it and/or reach out through personal message letting the author know you enjoyed it.

Those small gestures will go a long way to build connections over time.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed that article on optimizing your Linkedin profile and building connections with other developers. Linkedin is a very powerful tool and can help you advance in your career.

If you are interested in connecting with me on Linkedin, then please visit my profile.

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About the author(s)

Jessica Wilkins
Jessica Wilkins is a classical musician turned Software Engineer. Prior to joining the tech industry, she spent her time running her own sheet music company (JDW Sheet Music) as well as performing and teaching in Los Angeles, CA. She enjoys working with React and TypeScript. She is also a prolific technical writer for freeCodeCamp.
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How to Build and Grow Your Career Through Networking

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People also have the belief that you have to be an extrovert to be able to network properly, and introverts will not be successful in it. But that is not the case at all. I have met plenty of people who were successful in building a network, and classify themselves as introverted. Networking is the process of building meaningful connections. Good networking involves connecting with someone in a genuine way, and building a relationship over time. Once you have developed a relationship, you can work together to advance your careers. These relationships can introduce you to opportunities you never knew existed. Your network may also be happy to vouch for you at their current companies, and talk you up to other developers in their inner circles. How networking helped me in my career Before I became a software developer, my previous career was in music. I had never coded a day in my life before June 2020, and didn't know the first thing about how to break into the industry. I decided to teach myself how to code and join a few online communities. I quickly found the value of being involved with a community because I was able to learn from other developers, and understand how the industry worked. My community was able to help me stay away from toxic environments, and provide me with helpful resources that I still use today. My network introduced me to technical writing and software opportunities that I didn't know where possible. I took the time to learn about the industry, and build relationships with great people. We were able to help each other learn about new opportunities, celebrate each other's wins, support each through the tough times, and help each other grow. Now that we understand what networking is and why it is important, we need to look at ways to build out a network. Using Twitter to build a network Twitter can be a great way to build connections and meet new people in the tech industry. Here are some ways to build connections using Twitter. 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I have connected with dozens of developers, technical writers, content creators and recruiters through Twitter spaces. Private messaging them was my way to make an initial connection, and we were able to build a relationship from there. Out of those relationships I have been able to build out my online presence which has led to paid technical writing jobs, podcast appearances, and insider information for new career opportunities. Publicly sharing other people's work There have been plenty of times where I have shared other people's articles, courses and open source projects through my personal Twitter account. People put a lot of time and effort into creating good content for the community. When you take the time to show genuine appreciation for someone else's work, they will take notice of that. You can accomplish this by retweeting's someone else's post with your own commentary, or creating your own post and tagging them in it. I have personally retweeted and promoted other people's content and had positive responses back. This was also a way for me to initiate a conversation with them and connect with them further on other topics. Using meetups and online tech communities to build connections Joining a tech community can be a great way to build relationships. The key is finding a community that is a right fit for you. My suggestion would be to try out a few different online communities, and see what works for you. You will find some communities to be very active and welcoming while others are toxic. Once you find a few communities that you enjoy, try to reach out to a few of the members. Learn about their stories and connect with them through private chat. Maybe even try to set up a short meeting with them to ask a few questions or discuss a particular topic. Most people will be receptive to you reaching out as long as you keep your questions specific and you ask for a short meeting (think 15-20 minutes). 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It’s given me the opportunity to get a glimpse into both sides. However, college only teaches you so much, especially where you attend. My college was still very new compared to its affiliates, so the Computer Science department was still developing. I was taught the basics (how to do a for loop, etc). The classes were boring and I never felt that the important parts of coding were taught. The closest I got was through the Software Engineer course that was taught by a Facebook developer. He showed us how things really went in the “real world.” We were assigned a semester project that would be presented at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park. This class taught me the importance of teamwork: team interaction, code management, and leadership roles. I came out of college with a good programming foundation. It also provided me with internship experience. The college I attended advertised a local hackathon. I wouldn’t have known of this event occurring in such a small city if I had not taken the college route. I was introduced to the founder of a local website creation company. Due to my professor’s recommendation, I became one of the interns at this location. It was the first time that I was able to get a glimpse of how business was conducted with a client. Unfortunately, this wasn’t taught in any of the courses I took. College gave me the extra time to figure out what type of programmer I wanted to be. I’ve coded in multiple languages like Java, Python, and React. I even dabbled a bit with game development. I was able to find the most joy from working with web development. College can also provide one of a kind experiences. Some partner with local businesses to give students an opportunity to get work experience. I was fortunate to be enrolled in a university that had this opportunity available. In partnering with a local business as a student, we were presented with a problem and it was our job to create a proof to concept and demonstrate it to our client. We had the entire semester to complete the solution. During this time, we had multiple deadlines (just like any real project) that we stressed over. There were times that we did have to work late into the night because a bug was found before our next release. We were thrown into multiple situations that I have seen occur during my work experience. These are the moments at college that helped me navigate through stressful moments at work. Bootcamp may not provide the same opportunities. Another of my colleagues who went to college was able to participate in a similar program. He worked with the company for two years, forming connections with his co-workers. It was one of these connections that led him to accept a job offer with another company. 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Table of Contents - How to get started setting up the kit - Generate the project - Setup Contentful access - Setting up Docker - Starting the local server - How to Create the Technology Model in Contentful - How to seed the database with demo data - How to work with the migration scripts - Technologies included in this starter kit - Why use GraphQL? - Why use Contentful? - Why use Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? - Why use Apollo Server? - Why use the Serverless Framework? - Why use Redis? - Why use the Jest testing framework? - Project structure - How to deploy your application - What can this starter kit be used for? - Conclusion How to get started setting up the kit Generate the project In the command line, you will need to start the starter.dev CLI by running the npx @this-dot/create-starter command. You can then select the Serverless Framework, Apollo Server, and Contentful CMS kit and name your new project. Then you will need to cd into your new project directory and install the dependencies using the tool of your choice (npm, yarn, or pnpm). Next, you will need to Run cp .env.example .env to copy the contents of the .env.example file into the .env file. Setup Contentful access You will first need to create an account on Contentful, if you don't have one already. Once you are logged in, you will need to create a new space. From there, go to Settings -> API keys and click on the Content Management Tokens tab. Next, click on the Generate personal token button and give your token a name. Copy your new Personal Access Token, and add it to the CONTENTFUL_CONTENT_MANAGEMENT_API_TOKEN variable. Then, go to Settings -> General settings to get the CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID. The last step is to add those CONTENTFUL_CONTENT_MANAGEMENT_API_TOKEN and CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID values to your .env file. Setting up Docker You will first need to install Docker Desktop if you don't have it installed already. Once installed, you can start up the Docker container with the npm run infrastructure:up command. Starting the local server While the Docker container is running, open up a new tab in the terminal and run npm run dev to start the development server. Open your browser to http://localhost:3000/dev/graphql to open up Apollo server. How to Create the Technology Model in Contentful To get started with the example model, you will first need to create the model in Contentful. 1. Log into your Contentful account 2. Click on the Content Model tab 3. Click on the Design your Content Modal button if this is your first modal 4. Create a new model called Technology 5. Add three new text fields called displayName, description and url 6. Save your new model How to seed the database with demo data This starter kit comes with a seeding script that pre-populates data for the Technology Content type. In the command line, run npm run db:seed which will add three new data entries into Contentful. If you want to see the results from seeding the database, you can execute a small GraphQL query using Apollo server. First, make sure Docker, and the local server(npm run dev) are running, and then navigate to http://localhost:3000/dev/graphql. Add the following query: ` When you run the query, you should see the following output. ` How to work with the migration scripts Migrations are a way to make changes to your content models and entries. This starter kit comes with a couple of migration scripts that you can study and run to make changes to the demo Technology model. These migration scripts are located in the scripts/migration directory. To get started, you will need to first install the contentful-cli. ` You can then login to Contentful using the contentful-cli. ` You will then need to choose the Contentful space where the Technology model is located. ` If you want to modify the existing demo content type, you can run the second migration script from the starter kit. ` If you want to build out more content models using the CLI, you can study the example code in the /scripts/migrations/01-create-technology-contentType.js file. From there, you can create a new migration file, and run the above contentful space migration command. If you want to learn more about migration in Contentful, then please check out the documentation. Technologies included in this starter kit Why use GraphQL? GraphQL is a query language for your API and it makes it easy to query all of the data you need in a single request. This starter kit uses GraphQL to query the data from our Contentful space. Why use Contentful? Contentful is a headless CMS that makes it easy to create and manage structured data. We have integrated Contentful into this starter kit to make it easy for you to create new entries in the database. Why use Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a queuing service that allows you to decouple your components and process and store messages in a scalable way. In this starter kit, an SQS message is sent by the APIGatewayProxyHandler using the sendMessage function, which is then stored in a queue called DemoJobQueue. The SQS handler sqs-handler polls this queue, and processes any message received. ` Why use Apollo Server? Apollo Server is a production-ready GraphQL server that works with any GraphQL client, and data source. When you run npm run dev and open the browser to http://localhost:3000/dev/graphql, you will be able to start querying your Contentful data in no time. Why use the Serverless Framework? The Serverless Framework is used to help auto-scale your application by using AWS Lambda functions. In the starter kit, you will find a serverless.yml file, which acts as a configuration for the CLI and allows you to deploy your code to your chosen provider. This starter kit also includes the following plugins: - serverless-offline - allows us to deploy our application locally to speed up development cycles. - serverless-plugin-typescript - allows the use of TypeScript with zero-config. - serverless-dotenv-plugin - preloads function environment variables into the Serverless Framework. Why use Redis? Redis is an open-source in-memory data store that stores data in the server memory. This starter kit uses Redis to cache the data to reduce the API response times and rate limiting. When you make a new request, those new requests will be retrieved from the Redis cache. Why use the Jest testing framework? Jest is a popular testing framework that works well for creating unit tests. You can see some example test files under the src/schema/technology directory. You can use the npm run test command to run all of the tests. Project structure Inside the src directory, you will find the following structure: ` This given structure makes it easy to find all of the code and tests related to that specific component. This structure also follows the single responsibility principle which means that each file has a single purpose. How to deploy your application The Serverless Framework needs access to your cloud provider account so that it can create and manage resources on your behalf. You can follow the guide to get started. Steps to get started: 1. Sign up for an AWS account 2. Create an IAM User and Access Key 3. Export your AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID & AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY credentials. ` 4. Deploy your application on AWS Lambda: ` 5. To deploy a single function, run: ` To stop your Serverless application, run: ` For more information on Serverless deployment, check out this article. What can this starter kit be used for? This starter kit is very versatile, and can be used with a front-end application for a variety of situations. Here are some examples: - personal developer blog - small e-commerce application Conclusion In this article, we looked at how we can get started using the Serverless, GraphQL, Apollo Server, and Contentful Starter kit. We also looked at the different technologies used in the kit, and why they were chosen. Lastly, we looked at how to deploy our application using AWS. I hope you enjoy working with our new starter kit!...

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How to Optimize Your Profile and Build a Developer Network on LinkedIn

Table of contents

What title should you use on Linkedin?

How to Optimize Your Profile and Background Images

Is it Ok to Not Include a Profile Image?

Do I Need a Background Image?

How to Create a Custom Linkedin URL

How to Optimize Your About Section

How Long Should the About Section Be?

What is the Features Section on Linkedin?

How to Optimize Your Experience Section

Should You Show Unrelated Tech Experience on Your Linkedin Profile?

How to Optimize Your Education Section

Should You Have Recommendations on Your Profile?

Should You Take Linkedin Skills Tests?

Exploring Other Sections of the Linkedin Profile

How to Connect With Other Developers on Linkedin

Conclusion

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