My experience being recruited: 1. Embedded startup, <20 people. > I contacted them. They were one of the few tech firms in my hometown & used a SW stack that

My experience being recruited: 1. Embedded startup, <20 people. > I contacted them. They were one of the few tech firms in my hometown & used a SW stack that I loved. Old-school email exchange. No social media. I learned of their existence via a newspaper profile article. 2. Semiconductor OEM, <150 people. > I posted about being laid off on LI. An ex-colleague saw the post & invited me in for first interviw. 3. IoT startup, <20 people. > I replied to an Austin Startup jobs posting from the company recruiter. 4. Software dev team, <10 people. > The dev leader cold-emailed me after seeing my details in an HN "who wants to be hired?" post.