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It's not as if they offered him a concrete offer to create the next hot DRM component, just a generic offer for a generic software engineer role. If he would ha

by maayank 16y ago

It's not as if they offered him a concrete offer to create the next hot DRM component, just a generic offer for a generic software engineer role. If he would have gone down that path they would have had multiple interviews, mutual checking for possible team fits, etc... This is as generic as it gets, maybe one level above the generic LinkedIn message. Sure, it can result in a concrete offer down the road, but it's not as if a head hunter tried to get the hacker "by whatever fiscal means necessary". This is like people "sticking it to the man" by yelling at the cable company representative - helps no one.

dr_ 16y ago
It's still unusual for a company the size of Sony to reach out to someone like that. What's more is that it's now on Hacker News - so it's bigger news than Sony probably ever intended it to be.
- recoiledsnake 16y ago
  >It's still unusual for a company the size of Sony to reach out to someone like that. Uhh, almost all big companies reach out like that. In fact, bigger companies are more likely to need such talent reach out like that because of their brand than random small companies.
- gaius 16y ago
  No, it's not unusual at all. They employ people full time to do it! And it's not new either, before blogs recruiters contacted people who had a big presence on Usenet or mailing lists. It is only unusual for someone to confuse it for an actual "job offer".
  - maayank 16y ago
    maybe it's a location thing... I have some online presence and as you say, get tons of such offers here in Israel on LinkedIn/email.
- dkersten 16y ago
  Not really. I've got emails like that from Microsoft and a ton of other large companies. A guy from Symantec even rang me, said he found me on linkedin, despite my linkedin profile stating not to call me by phone (I don't have my number in my profile, but you can easily find it from linked material). Neither the emails, nor the phone calls mean anything. He still owuld have had to send a CV/resume and maybe get asked for an interview or two before he ever got a job. This isn't unusual at all, its very common.

by maayank 16y ago

dr_ 16y ago

It's still unusual for a company the size of Sony to reach out to someone like that. What's more is that it's now on Hacker News - so it's bigger news than Sony probably ever intended it to be.

recoiledsnake 16y ago
>It's still unusual for a company the size of Sony to reach out to someone like that. Uhh, almost all big companies reach out like that. In fact, bigger companies are more likely to need such talent reach out like that because of their brand than random small companies.
gaius 16y ago
No, it's not unusual at all. They employ people full time to do it! And it's not new either, before blogs recruiters contacted people who had a big presence on Usenet or mailing lists. It is only unusual for someone to confuse it for an actual "job offer".
- maayank 16y ago
  maybe it's a location thing... I have some online presence and as you say, get tons of such offers here in Israel on LinkedIn/email.
dkersten 16y ago
Not really. I've got emails like that from Microsoft and a ton of other large companies. A guy from Symantec even rang me, said he found me on linkedin, despite my linkedin profile stating not to call me by phone (I don't have my number in my profile, but you can easily find it from linked material). Neither the emails, nor the phone calls mean anything. He still owuld have had to send a CV/resume and maybe get asked for an interview or two before he ever got a job. This isn't unusual at all, its very common.