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The increase in bad recruiters is simply because the demand for developers is so high and there is room for them in the market. To me it's starting to feel lik

The increase in bad recruiters is simply because the demand for developers is so high and there is room for them in the market. To me it's starting to feel like 1999 again - developers talking about what they are entitled to like they are sports stars. I just hope 2014 isn't like 2002 - I remember going to a job fair in Waltham where thousands of folks showed up for a couple of hundred jobs. For all you 20 somethings - enjoy this time while you can.

taude 15y ago
Glad someone else remembers this well. Every time I read some self-righteous, mid-20-something blogger ranting like they are Michael Jordan, I remind myself of when the first bubble blew-up and there WEREN'T jobs or opportunities for a lot of really talented/smart people.
- cydonian_monk 15y ago
  I remember the last two career fairs at my engineering school in late 2002 / early 2003. There were crickets chirping. Five airlines had booked booths, but only one sent a representative to say "we're not hiring.' The other four were left empty. Tech companies were about as sparse, but most at least sent a rep. The only ones doing any real hiring were FedEx (but not for technical positions - package handling only!) and a GeoEngineering firm that was looking for GIS grads. Talk about depressing.
- dugmartin 15y ago
  I've been lucky to experience this a few times. I graduated college in 1992 and decided to go to grad school partly because of the recession. When I got out of grad school in 1994 I went into the defense industry (cool job building realtime control systems) which was hemorrhaging jobs because of the "Peace Dividend". We had folks with 20 years of hard core experience basically begging for jobs when they opened.
sopooneo 15y ago
I am terrified of this possibility. I wasn't out there to experience the 2002 version, but I am deeply aware of it.

taude 15y ago

Glad someone else remembers this well. Every time I read some self-righteous, mid-20-something blogger ranting like they are Michael Jordan, I remind myself of when the first bubble blew-up and there WEREN'T jobs or opportunities for a lot of really talented/smart people.

cydonian_monk 15y ago
I remember the last two career fairs at my engineering school in late 2002 / early 2003. There were crickets chirping. Five airlines had booked booths, but only one sent a representative to say "we're not hiring.' The other four were left empty. Tech companies were about as sparse, but most at least sent a rep. The only ones doing any real hiring were FedEx (but not for technical positions - package handling only!) and a GeoEngineering firm that was looking for GIS grads. Talk about depressing.
dugmartin 15y ago
I've been lucky to experience this a few times. I graduated college in 1992 and decided to go to grad school partly because of the recession. When I got out of grad school in 1994 I went into the defense industry (cool job building realtime control systems) which was hemorrhaging jobs because of the "Peace Dividend". We had folks with 20 years of hard core experience basically begging for jobs when they opened.

sopooneo 15y ago

I am terrified of this possibility. I wasn't out there to experience the 2002 version, but I am deeply aware of it.