This is the sad truth. For the last 6 years, I've been recruiting engineers. It's been a life-changing experience but I don't so much enjoy the job anymore and for many of the reasons you call out. To be the smartest person in a room full of recruiters is the equivalent of being the "most pragmatic" person at a flat earther meet up. The bottom line, things have changed in recent years as you allude to, and now apparently anyone can recruit engineering professionals. Just throw a bib on them and it'll manage the drivel. It's literally a disgrace. I've always had a strong distaste for recruiters..despite being one. My philosophy has been and remains: if you're going to meddle in people's careers, do it well.
glad to hear the voice of one recruiter. sad to hear that of course, you are aware of the damage most of your unprofessional colleagues are doing to the market.. :-(
thanx for your comment
Yep. I found your post in SourceCons FB group. Someone obviously felt compelled to share. There's 10k members in the group. Maybe some get the message and change for the better, but that's optismistic. IMO the best way to precipitate change on the part of developers, is to call out utter nonsense when you encounter it. Tactics that emit shame and embarrassment, while not admirable, could be used as tools for good.
oh.. should I expect a shitstorm now? γ½(οΎΠοΎ)οΎ
I guess my name and profile are now blacklisted on every recruiters database... and I don't know how to feel about it? is it a bad thing or good thing? ;-Γ
This is the sad truth. For the last 6 years, I've been recruiting engineers. It's been a life-changing experience but I don't so much enjoy the job anymore and for many of the reasons you call out. To be the smartest person in a room full of recruiters is the equivalent of being the "most pragmatic" person at a flat earther meet up. The bottom line, things have changed in recent years as you allude to, and now apparently anyone can recruit engineering professionals. Just throw a bib on them and it'll manage the drivel. It's literally a disgrace. I've always had a strong distaste for recruiters..despite being one. My philosophy has been and remains: if you're going to meddle in people's careers, do it well.
glad to hear the voice of one recruiter. sad to hear that of course, you are aware of the damage most of your unprofessional colleagues are doing to the market.. :-(
thanx for your comment
Yep. I found your post in SourceCons FB group. Someone obviously felt compelled to share. There's 10k members in the group. Maybe some get the message and change for the better, but that's optismistic. IMO the best way to precipitate change on the part of developers, is to call out utter nonsense when you encounter it. Tactics that emit shame and embarrassment, while not admirable, could be used as tools for good.
oh.. should I expect a shitstorm now? γ½(οΎΠοΎ)οΎ
I guess my name and profile are now blacklisted on every recruiters database... and I don't know how to feel about it? is it a bad thing or good thing? ;-Γ
LOL hey now.. don't shoot the messenger.