At the beginning of my career I'd reach out to other professionals on LinkedIn or similar platforms to discuss their roles and what the work actual entails. Is this kind of this still normal? Especially later on in your career? I'm interested in moving job roles but like to talk to people in that position to get a better understanding first.

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You can certainly try. You never know, you might get lucky. But the overall atmosphere on LinkedIn has changed a lot over these past several years. It’s a lot of spam and ai content at this point.

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Yeah I find I ignore the messages as most are just bots. Maybe I'll give it a go and see where it goes!

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