I just finished a fun little side project to keep my static site generation and CI/CD skills current (using a bunch of AI coding tools, of course!). I figured I’d share it because I think it’s a smart solution for maximizing your LinkedIn profile data.

I’m sure you’ve asked or answered this interview question at some point in your career: “What would your team say about you?”

Sure, you can say what you think they’d say, but if you’ve already collected a great stack of LinkedIn Recommendations, why not reference that objective, peer-validated feedback directly? It’s like having a 360-degree performance review ready to go, a genuinely objective view of your leadership impact.

The Problem: LinkedIn Buries Your Best Feedback

The way LinkedIn displays recommendations is a major missed opportunity.

  • It sorts by most recent.
  • It only shows the top two.
  • It hides everything else behind a tiny “show more” link.

When you’ve been around a while and have more than a few recommendations, almost nobody clicks through that wall of text. All that valuable career data is essentially hidden!

The Solution: AI for Smarter Synthesis

While I was updating my personal website (and going deeper on AI coding tools), I decided to fix this.

  1. I added an “About” section to my site.
  2. I fed all my LinkedIn recommendations into Gemini 2.5 Pro.
  3. I had it summarize the feedback into key themes.
  4. I then organized those themes by relationship type (leader, partner, direct report, etc.).

It instantly turned a blob of individual recommendations into a concise, data-backed snapshot of my leadership style. I’m really happy with how it came out! For anyone who’s hiring, this kind of thematic, easy-to-digest feedback is incredibly valuable.

Check out the result here: https://lnkd.in/gAR5-Jp4

The Takeaway: Feature or Custom Solution?

This seems like such a necessary feature.

Do you think LinkedIn should build a feature to automatically summarize and theme your recommendations right into LinkedIn Premium? Or is a custom, external solution like this better for real personalization?