Psychoanalyzing LinkedIn Warriors on Campus | Flyby – The Harvard Crimson

Imagine this: you’re having a peaceful morning grabbing breakfast at Berg while scrolling through your phone, but then you suddenly receive a LinkedIn notification: You have notifications from ____. Curious, you click on it, and see a classmate posted: I’m excited to share that I’ll be starting my position as an analyst intern at Goldman Sachs this summer! Let that sink in for a minute or two. You reread the post to make sure you read it right, then click on their bio: Harvard ’28 | CS + Econ | Passionate about Investment Banking. Open to chat! The sad truth is that a significantly large number of Harvard students are LinkedIn warriors. While you are trying to figure out the difference between Gov 10 and Gov 20 (answer: don’t take either), others are sliding into recruiter DMs, spam requesting connections until it reaches the maximum limit, and posting about how eating that ripe banana for dinner changed their life. Riveting stuff, really. And they are everywhere (both physically and on LinkedIn). You’ll see them comment their emails on internship opportunity posts, congratulating others on their accomplishments, and at every club event possible, resume in hand. So, how do you tell
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