Ive been activly job hunting though...mmmmm.
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Tough spot, seems LinkedIn is needed in the corporate tunnel sadly.
I only hibernated mine because I don't see myself job hunting for a good while. Even if I need a new gig, I think by now I should be able to do without LI.
But if I were you, I would definitely try without it unless you are desperate.
Personal website, CV pdf made with latex, public portfolio/PoW (github, etc), directly writing emails to companies and most importantly: networking.
Im not super keen on current day job but im also not desperate. I have a protfoilio site. And im starting to build out a github (ngl i need to finish some projects I started but its there)