A #THEPOZCAST EXCLUSIVE: We’ve got a STAPLE in the online professional community, the one that makes it happen, the thing that puts the LINK in LinkedIn– The LinkedIn Algorithm! This is an exclusive interview with THE Algorithm itself!
Whether you’re on LinkedIn to grow your online profile or just to doom scroll your way through the workday– the algo is running the show that you tune into every day. I owe much of my success, network, and frustration to this powerful force in connectivity, and I finally got a chance to pick the brain– or hard drive– of this titan.
This Episode’s Heavy-hitter’s:
- We talk about the early #nofilter days where LinkedIn was just a job board back in 2005.
- Delving into the dark days, we talk about the rock bottom tribulations of the dopamine rushes of the algo life.
- Every hero has its villains, and we break down the battle of the bots and how algo is dealing with the influx of faux engagement.Hold the press– we get spicy and start talking about the algo dating scene.
- We finish it off by looking to the future and getting deep talking about what LinkedIn legacy truly looks like.
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1:20 - Introduction
2:43 - Early Dreams / Vision
3:27 - Imposter Syndrome
4:04 - Where it all started
4:30 - Education predicts future success
5:14 - Youngest Algo
5:36 - How he got into Linkedin
6:40 - First interaction with Jeff Weiner
7:20 - Parents' Vision
8:24 - Timeline of Early days
9:34 - Fight the urge for dopamine/ Quick Fix
11:09 - Advice to anyone hooked on Dopamine
11:51 - Polls getting out of control
12:34 - How to control/stop the hackers
13:48 - How to find the bots!
15:21 - How does an algo balance human desire
16:47 - The biggest misconception
17:59 - Algo's secret sauce
20:32 - Passion in Entrepreneurship
21:20 - Dating during Pandemic
22:24 - Kids in the future?
23:13 - Legacy of Algo
24:01 - Linkedin is like Facebook?
25:06 - Single Greatest piece of advice
26:34 - Algo's North Star