Thanks for your detailed response (and the original offer!). I had understood your proposal just fine, and was wondering about the recruiters' side. I and sure

Thanks for your detailed response (and the original offer!). I had understood your proposal just fine, and was wondering about the recruiters' side. I and surely most of us on HN agree with what you wrote on virtual relationships, fairly assessing a candidate based on the CV, and handling personal references with respect. However, will such an HN reference pass the recruiter, and then the hiring person at the company? A technically clueless HR person won't be too impressed by "this guy on a web forum says my Hello World is fine". Again, I agree that in an ideal world, they would call the candidate and figure out his skills on their own, but they don't. In any case, I'll bookmark your original post, one never knows :-)