> It’s a hard job and entirely thankless, and I always feel tremendous empathy and sympathy for folks in the recruiter role. Every job has good and bad things

> It’s a hard job and entirely thankless, and I always feel tremendous empathy and sympathy for folks in the recruiter role. Every job has good and bad things about it, and I'd acknowledge that there's some really bad aspects to recruiting such as the following: > Having to give people bad news frequently is emotionally draining to them sometimes. > I'm sure it gets quite monotonous to round up a bunch of candidates for any role. You probably have to call a lot of people and have the same conversations over and over and over again, day in and out. > Being among the first in line for layoffs in bad times sucks. > I'm sure some client demands they get are unreasonable. There are companies that want to immediately find somebody who takes 50% of the average developer salary who has the technical experience of an entire IT department in 1 person. That said, recruiters can get a pretty favorable overall path in life: for a small fraction of the mental effort of a developer, you can get a fairly large percentage of their salary without having any notable skills other than a few general skills such as being able to organize sending emails and maintaining appointments on a calendar.