In our case: - Referrals from the network (e.g. VC to portfolio) - Cold outreach, once - (mostly) old colleagues getting a new job and asking us fo

In our case: - Referrals from the network (e.g. VC to portfolio) - Cold outreach, once - (mostly) old colleagues getting a new job and asking us for help Anecdotally, I am so frustrated with the high number of low quality job applicants that I've started contacting top answerers on StackOverflow whose answers meet our standards. It's a great signal as the people we chatted to that way were always motivated, experienced and professional... and usually only available on a contracting basis.