LinkedIn Profiles Before College?

Recently, I've been getting more and more requests on Linkedin from high schoolers or students about to enter freshmen year. Is this a normal thing nowadays? I feel bad since it seems like these kids can't catch a single break in today's world. How can a high schooler or freshman know what the hell they want to even do with their life? 

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I guess LinkedIn starts when you start working. I started working at 14yrs old but way before LinkedIn started. I probably would have created a profile. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I was one of those kids in HS. I created a LinkedIn when I had my first internship and that was before going to college.

I think it's tough for kids because the top careers are ridiculously competitive. Sure, banking is, but so is everything else. I just had a buddy get an offer with Microsoft for 2022 so the accelerated timeline is not just unique to finance.

 

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