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February 1, 2026 · 1 min read

Pipeline project will keep me mostly off LinkedIn for years

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

Last week I started as Project Manager for a natural gas pipeline.

For the next few years, I will be hugely concentrating on this project, and will very likely be mostly ignoring LinkedIn due to the 6 day a week construction workload
(which I am looking forward to 😁 .)

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  1. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Patrick Devine

    nope. I'm not saying publicly which pipeline it is.
    I have an insanely persistent group of spambots and malicious scammers who endlessly follow me here
    (apparently with LinkedIn's tacit approval),
    so I'm not saying which pipeline.

  2. Tom Kirkman

    Thanks David Crowther. After I get settled into a routine, I'll probably resurface here.
    But for the next few years, this project is 6 days a week, and at least 10 hours a day.
    Do the math, LinkedIn is waaaaaaay down on the totem pole for me now.

    I adore interacting with readers here, but I am very much looking forward to diving into this role full time.

    Great to be back in oil & gas again.

  3. Tom Kirkmanreplying to L O L thanks Gerry Deagnon

    🤣

  4. Tom Kirkman

    Thank you Mark Jacobsen. I am very much looking forward to this project.

  5. Tom Kirkman

    Thanks Oswaldo VILORIA, MBA, MSc. I think I'm the oldest one on the team.
    As I sometimes say, I have grey hair, and I've *earned* it 😁

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