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Personally, I make the most of it. I try to see how far I can push the recruiters while still having them respond to me. Here's one such exchange. (I went all-c

Personally, I make the most of it. I try to see how far I can push the recruiters while still having them respond to me. Here's one such exchange. (I went all-caps because for some reason he emailed me in all-caps. He went back to normal but I decided to stick with it.) Recruiter: ------------ Hey Aerovistae, THIS IS A GREAT POSITION FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO GET IN THE FIELD OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. take a look please! I am a technical recruiter and have a great job opening in Waltham that I was wondering if you would be interested in! Ive included some details on the position below, drop me a line if you have any interest! Thanks ---------- Me: I WOULD LOVE TO GET INTO THE FIELD OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT -------- Recruiter: Hey Aerovistae, Would you like to speak over the phone this evening sometime? -Eric --------- Me: I DO NOT HAVE A PHONE --------- Recruiter: Hey Aerovistae, My phone recently broke also, so I feel your pain, but will you have access to a phone in the near future? --------- I HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED IN SRI LANKA AND THE BROADBAND INTERNET HERE IS VERY GOOD BUT THE PHONE IS VERY EXPENSIVE, CAN YOU ACCEPT COLLECT CALLS? ---------- After that he finally stopped responding. I have a whole folder of these. I think my favorite one is the time I tried to get the recruiter to do a CAPTCHA to prove he was a real person and not an automated bot.

solutionyogi 11y ago
That is AWESOME. I wish I had your sense of humor. You should start a Tumblr with these emails.
iraphael 11y ago
> I have a whole folder of these. PLEASE SHARE I WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR LAUGHTER
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- aerovistae 11y ago
  This is one of my very favorites. Recruiter: --------- [Long email from "Steve" looking for Rails dev for a place called CustomInk] ------ Me: I only work for companies who recycle 100% of their paper and plastic and who have plans to run on solar power by 2017, could you tell me CustomInk's stance on these matters? ----------- Recruiter: Unfortunately, I do not have this information. It is a fantastic company to work for, though. ----------- Me: Okay, I might make an exception if it is really so fantastic. Could you please let me know whether there is a tactical obstacle course on the company grounds? I am used to having this available for exercise to break up coding. ------------ Recruiter: Aerovistae, There is not. S ----------- Me: This is sounding less fantastic by the minute, Steve. --------- Recruiter: I wish you all the best in finding an employer that offers you everything you require. --------- Me: Steve, don't take that tone with me. ---------- After which he stopped responding.
  - foxylion 11y ago
    More, please. :-)
  - lowpro 11y ago
    You have me in tears, these are priceless. The more you delay the recruiters, the more it costs them and the less they pursue it.
  - SchizoDuckie 11y ago
    more more more :D you have me in tears here. I recently had one in The Netherlands that was trying to look smart by using expensive words but then failed to apply the basic syntactic rules of Dutch grammar. They also always start these days by : "I can understand that you're being spammed via your linkedin profile", and then provide no excuse at all and just spam you some more.
cherry_su 11y ago
Basically the Silicon Valley/Software Engineering flavor of "Don't Even Reply" (http://dontevenreply.com/ http://dontevenreply.com/), which I highly enjoyed reading.

solutionyogi 11y ago

That is AWESOME. I wish I had your sense of humor. You should start a Tumblr with these emails.

iraphael 11y ago

> I have a whole folder of these. PLEASE SHARE I WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR LAUGHTER

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aerovistae 11y ago
This is one of my very favorites. Recruiter: --------- [Long email from "Steve" looking for Rails dev for a place called CustomInk] ------ Me: I only work for companies who recycle 100% of their paper and plastic and who have plans to run on solar power by 2017, could you tell me CustomInk's stance on these matters? ----------- Recruiter: Unfortunately, I do not have this information. It is a fantastic company to work for, though. ----------- Me: Okay, I might make an exception if it is really so fantastic. Could you please let me know whether there is a tactical obstacle course on the company grounds? I am used to having this available for exercise to break up coding. ------------ Recruiter: Aerovistae, There is not. S ----------- Me: This is sounding less fantastic by the minute, Steve. --------- Recruiter: I wish you all the best in finding an employer that offers you everything you require. --------- Me: Steve, don't take that tone with me. ---------- After which he stopped responding.
- foxylion 11y ago
  More, please. :-)
- lowpro 11y ago
  You have me in tears, these are priceless. The more you delay the recruiters, the more it costs them and the less they pursue it.
- SchizoDuckie 11y ago
  more more more :D you have me in tears here. I recently had one in The Netherlands that was trying to look smart by using expensive words but then failed to apply the basic syntactic rules of Dutch grammar. They also always start these days by : "I can understand that you're being spammed via your linkedin profile", and then provide no excuse at all and just spam you some more.

cherry_su 11y ago

Basically the Silicon Valley/Software Engineering flavor of "Don't Even Reply" (http://dontevenreply.com/ http://dontevenreply.com/), which I highly enjoyed reading.