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>When I tell the recruiter ... You are anyway talking to the "wrong" people. A recruiter is generally an external consultant that has nothing to do with the a
by jaclaz 4y ago
>When I tell the recruiter ...
You are anyway talking to the "wrong" people.
A recruiter is generally an external consultant that has nothing to do with the actual company, he/she is tasked to find candidates for a role (and nothing else, and they are paid for providing these candidates only).
And they won't give you a contact to the company, let alone to the people inside the company that can overrule a taken decision "let's hire someone to do this" with an alternative.
If you manage to get to know the company they are recruiting for AND you manage to speak to its CTO (or whomever takes this kind of decisions) then you might have a chance to propose the alternative of just buying the code.
- erdos4d 4y agoThis is insightful, thanks. Do you have any tips for getting in touch with people in companies who can actually buy from me? I find that I have far less work than I would like just letting clients come to me. Appreciate it.
- jaclaz 4y agoNo, I don't have any tips for this, sorry. I believe that the decision process - generally speaking - is not "let's think how to solve this problem": 1) let's see if anyone already invented a solution and is willing to sell it to us then if above doesn't produce results: 2) let's hire someone to solve this problem It is directly "let's hire someone to solve this problem" or directly "let's see if a recruiter can find someone to hire that can solve the problem".