LinkedIn started in 2003 with the goal of connecting to your network for better job opportunities. It had only 2,700 members the first week. Fast forward many years, and LinkedIn’s product portfolio, member base, and server load has grown tremendously. Today, LinkedIn operates globally with more than 350 million members. We serve tens of thousands of web pages every second of every day. We've hit
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