Find Your Angle: What Makes You Worth Following?

Only about 1 in 50 people on LinkedIn post each week—yet those few quietly collect most of the opportunities. A recruiter skims two profiles: same role, same skills. One feels generic; the other has a sharp, memorable angle. The twist? Their experience is almost identical.

That “sharp angle” isn’t about being louder; it’s about being unmistakably *you* in a sea of near-duplicates. Most professionals do the opposite: they smooth out every edge, pack their headline with buzzwords, and end up sounding like a job description stapled to a profile picture. The result? Recruiters and buyers forget them two seconds after scrolling past.

Your angle lives where three things overlap: what you’re actually good at, what you’ve lived through, and one specific problem a specific group cares about. Think: “ex-teacher who now builds onboarding for fast-growing SaaS teams” versus “L&D Specialist.” One feels like a real person solving a real issue.