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A bit of tangent, but it reminds me of a funny story:

I discovered one day that I am getting recommended "Long distance truck driver" jobs through email and some of the re-targeted ads. First, I ignored them, but in a week or two, it became apparent that it was not just a coincidence. After some research, I realized that I had listed "Device Driver" programming as a skill on my LinkedIn and personal website. I suspect it must have been crawled, and the word "Driver" was matched to send me those recommendations.



Maybe add "Function hooker" to your profile and see what happens.


"Oracle expert"

2 weeks later: See your new recommendations for job opportunities in Delphi!


Haha I got suggested for "freight" and "shipping" due to having "Cargo" (the MediaWiki SQL wrapper, not the package manager) listed on mine.


My "Rust" experience apparently qualifies me for a job as an aircraft painter.


Fuzzy matched to NAICS titles perhaps. I’ve gone through that jumble and “Driver” had so many edge cases




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