I agree with most of this, but the comment about emailing with a recruiter who was asking about his weekend seems almost as annoying, unless this is somebody I

I agree with most of this, but the comment about emailing with a recruiter who was asking about his weekend seems almost as annoying, unless this is somebody I know personally. The real issue is that tech companies are using recruiters to fill positions. The company has to know how annoying it is as an engineer to be hounded by recruiters, and if they can't find another way to attract talent, I probably don't want to work for them.