India, Jan. 15 -- A Maharashtra man's LinkedIn profile, where he claimed to be the new CTO of X, has gone viral. It is not real but a fabrication he designed to prove a point. He slammed LinkedIn for failure to verify employment claims. The tweet has sparked a discussion on how much weight people should give to a LinkedIn profile in an era where anyone can claim to be in a leadership position with just a few clicks.

Abhinav Kale wrote, "It's wild that LinkedIn doesn't verify employment. You can literally claim you worked anywhere."

He joked, "Anyways, I'm the new CTO of X" and shared a screenshot of his LinkedIn profile. He also posted a link to his profile, which shows the same thing.

An individual joked, "Let me add mine is CEO." Kal...