What is your opinion of these LinkedIn "I'm humbled and honored and blessed to announce..." posts? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Am I the only person who finds these sorts of posts, especially for mediocre firm, incredibly cringe?

[ohnooooo1234567]

Am I the only person who finds these sorts of posts, especially for mediocre firm, incredibly cringe?

nah

[blair.waldorf]

I find them a bit cringe but I find the fact that you’re calling some firms “mediocre” even more cringe.

[Anonymous User]

Am I the only person who finds these sorts of posts, especially for mediocre firm, incredibly cringe?

nah

[Anonymous User]

I find them a bit cringe but I find the fact that you’re calling some firms “mediocre” even more cringe.

Oof. I'm sure you made the decision that was best for you, all things considered.

[objctnyrhnr]

Am I the only person who finds these sorts of posts, especially for mediocre firm, incredibly cringe?

Agree they are brutal

[nixy]

I find them a bit cringe but I find the fact that you’re calling some firms “mediocre” even more cringe.

Oof. I'm sure you made the decision that was best for you, all things considered.

Nice anon.

[Moneytrees]

They are really cringe. But I also it's kind of pure to see clueless law students be excited about their future job. Once they start working and reality sets in, that excitement goes away pretty fast. So I say let them have it

[Anonymous User]

Am I the only person who finds these sorts of posts, especially for mediocre firm, incredibly cringe?

I lol'd irl

[Pennoyer v. Meh]

I find the use of the word "cringe" to be the worst sin of all; second-worst is attacking law students for being happy about getting a job. Third-worst is the "humbled/honored/blessed" posts.

[Anonymous User]

I find the use of the word "cringe" to be the worst sin of all; second-worst is attacking law students for being happy about getting a job. Third-worst is the "humbled/honored/blessed" posts.

lol

[Anonymous User]

They are really cringe. But I also it's kind of pure to see clueless law students be excited about their future job. Once they start working and reality sets in, that excitement goes away pretty fast. So I say let them have it

I don't understand the rattling off every person they've ever met like they've just won an Academy Award.

[Anonymous User]

Sounds like a few firms are sending out pictures and encouraging students to post on Linkedin. I agree the posts are very cringey but if the firm is pushing you to do it, most students are just going to do it.

[Anonymous User]

Sounds like a few firms are sending out pictures and encouraging students to post on Linkedin. I agree the posts are very cringey but if the firm is pushing you to do it, most students are just going to do it.

This is another reason I do not have Linkedin.

[Anonymous User]

They are really cringe. But I also it's kind of pure to see clueless law students be excited about their future job. Once they start working and reality sets in, that excitement goes away pretty fast. So I say let them have it

I don't understand the rattling off every person they've ever met like they've just won an Academy Award.

Worst are the posts that explain how proud their grandma who walked and swam on one leg all the way to the US from Russia, with their father on her chest and their six uncles in tow, living off only a crust of bread that she used her last 20 cents to buy, would be.

[Anonymous User]

They are really cringe. But I also it's kind of pure to see clueless law students be excited about their future job. Once they start working and reality sets in, that excitement goes away pretty fast. So I say let them have it

I don't understand the rattling off every person they've ever met like they've just won an Academy Award.

Worst are the posts that explain how proud their grandma who walked and swam on one leg all the way to the US from Russia, with their father on her chest and their six uncles in tow, living off only a crust of bread that she used her last 20 cents to buy, would be.

"Momma, we made it!" Did you, though?

[freesplitting]

Relatedly, I've not only seen people share these posts (both upon accepting an SA offer and a post-grad offer), but also people changing their LinkedIn headlines to super cringe-y things beyond the "incoming associate" stuff. For example, I recently saw a rising 3L change their headline to "Associate Attorney at [Law Firm] (Beginning Fall 2022)." Like, I'm happy that you're excited to join that firm, but maybe don't hold yourself out as an attorney until you are barred and admitted.

[Anonymous User]

Relatedly, I've not only seen people share these posts (both upon accepting an SA offer and a post-grad offer), but also people changing their LinkedIn headlines to super cringe-y things beyond the "incoming associate" stuff. For example, I recently saw a rising 3L change their headline to "Associate Attorney at [Law Firm] (Beginning Fall 2022)." Like, I'm happy that you're excited to join that firm, but maybe don't hold yourself out as an attorney until you are barred and admitted.

LMAO. But have you seen “Incoming summer associate”…ten months before the summer begins??

[Anonymous User]

What is the appropriate way to handle this? Should someone change it at the start of next summer when they start up the job or post something much more curt a la "I've accepted an offer at XX firm in XX city for next summer!"

I feel like the stuff that really grinds my gears is the false humility and grandstanding. Is there something wrong with saying you've accepted a job on linkedin?

[Anonymous User]

What is the appropriate way to handle this? Should someone change it at the start of next summer when they start up the job or post something much more curt a la "I've accepted an offer at XX firm in XX city for next summer!"

I feel like the stuff that really grinds my gears is the false humility and grandstanding. Is there something wrong with saying you've accepted a job on linkedin?

Just change your headline to ‘incoming’ toward the end of the spring semester, and presumably your connections will all be notified. There’s no need to make a meal about making it to the tryout stage of full employment, especially when literally thousands of other students are in the exact same non-position.

The same kids who are THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE are the same who will lead into a conversation with a disingenuous question about how your OCI went, then sulk when your firm which you didn’t bother to announce shits prodigiously on theirs.

[Prudent_Jurist]

For some reason these posts give me the same feeling as overdone law student email signatures, but I’m trying to figure out why. I guess it’s probably because it feels disproportionate?

Announce that you got the job, but no one’s going to read all that, or if they do, the only valuable piece of information they’ll get out of it is that you got the job, which could have been said in fewer words. Same with the email signature. It feels like overkill.

[publius365]

For some reason these posts give me the same feeling as overdone law student email signatures, but I’m trying to figure out why. I guess it’s probably because it feels disproportionate?

Announce that you got the job, but no one’s going to read all that, or if they do, the only valuable piece of information they’ll get out of it is that you got the job, which could have been said in fewer words. Same with the email signature. It feels like overkill.

I think it is just a lack of sound social awareness for the most part. Lots of law students are K-JD and presumably some have never held a full-time job before, so maybe that has something to do with it?

I agree that some posts enter into full overkill territory, and really lay it on thick (beyond the copy-paste Kirkland & Ellis posts). These posts almost seem to follow some trend toward social media influencer-esque clickbait in a strange way.

[DukeMountain]

Love the amount of effort that goes into a post about a job that might be held for 1-3 years.

[jimmythecatdied6]

Just another symptom of the snowflake mentality.

[Anonymous User]

At some point LinkedIn changed from an online resume to a cliché saccharin zoomer Facebook and I don't like it.