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Invitation to team lunch for project I haven't contributed to

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1 Here is the situation I work 'in' Team A, 5 of us. I occasionally interact with my team members for day-to-day work, but, there is zero work overlap. My work primarily involves Team B. Team A works closely with Team C. Team A + Team C are going out to lunch to celebrate their accomplishments, which I have no part in (apart from 2-3 times I helped debug) I haven't been officially invited for this yet. If I am (just because the entire team A is going), I want to be prepared with a response. Head says I should just join and go along with it, but, heart says should I politely excuse myself. I feel a bit awkward as I don't have any contributions to their project. Any ideas ? professionalism

Is a LinkedIn profile important for people in tech?

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0 From my time spent on LinkedIn recently, I get the feeling that most users are in marketing / digital marketing, sales, product management, accounting, and recruiting. Is LinkedIn important for software engineers, though? Or do people in tech meet in different spaces, say, Stack Overflow's careers website? My newsfeed on LinkedIn just seems to be a never-ending stream of recruiters and product managers saying very boastful things about themselves and their colleagues. It's kind of annoying and I'd rather deactivate my LinkedIn account if it's not useful to me. It sometimes even feels just like a slightly more professional version of Facebook. linkedin share