LinkedIn is aggressively cutting down on free features. If you are a solo founder, indie hacker, or technical recruiter, you've probably hit that depressing screen: "You've reached the commercial use limit on search."

LinkedIn wants you to shell out $150+/month for Premium or Recruiter Lite just to view public profiles.

As a student and independent developer, I couldn't afford that. So I decided to find a workaround using code.

The Solution: Google X-Ray Dorking

Most people forget that Google indexes almost all public LinkedIn profiles. By using advanced search operators (also known as Google Dorking), you can bypass LinkedIn's internal search limits completely.