AdvertisementCheng says he has never worked a corporate job; he's always been a comedian and an online poker player.
Jason RoederBut this snark, typically found on X, has seeped into LinkedIn, a much rosier, earnest platform.
Roeder quit X and started writing joke posts on LinkedIn about a year ago, he said, after becoming "disillusioned" with what X has become.
LinkedIn posts can expose just as much about one person's struggle to find work as they can about another's boasted success.
Cheng said the posts had helped him to get comedy gigs, but they've also unlocked new work on the platform itself: as a LinkedIn ghostwriter for executives.
Persons:
Ken Cheng doesn't, Cheng isn't, He's, Cheng, Rob Price, Ryan Salame, FTX, Salame, —, we're, Michael Scott, — it's, he's, I've, John Mulaney, Mulaney, Jason Roeder, Roeder, Daniel Roth, they've
Organizations:
LinkedIn, FCI Cumberland, Gallup, Pew Research Center, another's
Locations:
London, Maryland, America, TikTok, Los Angeles