Work’s sicc’ed an investigator on me.  A guy in a 3-piece suit whose work consists of asking people from my past whether I’m a good guy or a bad guy.  Who apparently racks up a lot of miles on his car: hope he’s honest in his mileage estimates for his taxes.  But while he’s judging me by the company I keep, here’re a few job titles seen lately via connections on LinkedIn.  Note: these are actual job titles seen as my current connections add new people to their list of links:
* the CEO of a past company is now connected to an individual who bills themselves as ‘Sr VP- Wealth Management at [major financial company name]’: guess he’s doing well!

* a past boss is now connected to an individual who lists part of their title as ‘Web Designer at Playboy Enterprises Inc.’.  Perhaps he’s not doing as well as the CEO, but he may have some interesting stories to tell at parties.

Now, it turns out that the Playboy designer likely knew my ex-boss from a shared previous company.  But you have to dig to get that info.  LinkedIn just tells me, without digging, that this person has a new connection, and this is what they do. Nice eyebrow-raiser for the morning.