# Linkedin: I can tell when my comrades are suddenly unemployed

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**Created:** [November 20, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linkedin-i-can-tell-when-my-comrades-are-suddenly-unemployed/641582 "2012-11-20T03:56:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linkedin-i-can-tell-when-my-comrades-are-suddenly-unemployed/641582/1 "2012-11-20T03:56:02Z")

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The economy sucks.

Increasingly I see updated profiles on Linkedin that state "Experienced blah… blah… blah… instead of an actual job title. I feel for my comrades in electronics manufacturing. I was fortunate enough to escape to a completely different career 3 years ago. But for those left behind, and particularly those my age, it’s a terrible, horrible situation. Electronics manufacturing used to be exciting, and most OEMs made their own equipment. Now it’s off-shored to China and Mexico, etc.

I feel for my brethren in electronics manufacturing. An industry I cut my teeth on and know inside out and backwards. It was a really good career 20 years ago, and now it’s pretty much dried up.

I never thought I’d see the day.