LinkedIn recommends putting jQuery and Git as 'skills' on my profile.

I thought if you write code for the web, these two skills are a given?

I think you should be careful to show jQuery as a skill. At our company, people who apply for a job are given the question "do you know JavaScript?". If they answer some equivalent to "Yes, I know jQuery", then it's a red flag for us. Too many 'developers' have become too dependant on a library that was great in it's glory days, but nowadays it's much, much more important to understand vanilla JavaScript. I honestly cannot think of anything that jQuery can do that cannot otherwise be done with proper understanding of JavaScript.

You should be glad it didn't suggest "computer typing"

Linked in, doesn't know the market place!

@asgs It did suggest 'Microsoft Office'

Oh not not at all, in my companys group the division that makes the most money has never heard of git, they still move projects around in thumb drives, no joke.

@jonnyserra This is so bizarre to me. Shows that being a developer does not mean being efficient and up to date with current workflows. My dad ftps everything to everywhere, it's crazy.

To be honest, I actually just learned how to with with git while I've been programming for about seven years now

@linuxxx but at least you know about it and started using it. There are a lot of developers stuck in their ways.

You'd be surprised how many programmers don't know how to use git.

Think I'll put 'devRant-ing' as a legit skill instead.