<b>Kanika Datta:</b> Situations vacant

None of them have the remotest connection with the jobs listed out for my perusal in this mail

Hi Kanika, Looking for a Job Change? The pssst! nature of the subject-line is irresistible. Who among the wide variety of people registered on this cool and happening social media network called LinkedIn was offering me the overpaid job of my dreams?

One click reveals the short answer: No one. Or, at any rate, no one who actually knows me and/or has generously and unilaterally endorsed me for skills they think (and I hope) I possess. You know, editing, reporting, writing — that sort of thing.

I am a journalist with a bare minimum university degree, all of which is recorded on