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In 3 decades in this disappointing field every single interaction with a recruiter has been an utter waste of time.

• tombert 2y ago
  I have said a lot of nasty things about recruiters in the past (I’ve accused their job of being creative was of hitting FWD in Outlook), and I generally do not like dealing with them, but I dunno, sometimes they’re helpful. On very rare occasions they will know if I am actually a good fit for a job because they’ll take the time to actually learn a bit about CS. Those recruiters I generally like.
  • temporarely 2y ago
    They serve no purpose. Now we also have besides these parasitical firms the shell 'job boards' that send the job seekers on n hops to finally get to an application form. These are truly worthy of scorn as they "earn" their living by wasting the time of those who are earnestly looking for means of livelihood.
    • tombert 2y ago
      I mean, companies must see some value in them (even if it's not true), else they wouldn't keep using them. I guess they see recruiters as a "filter" that they don't have to do then? I don't know. To be clear, I don't love recruiters. I even asked on HN awhile ago what recruiters actually do [1], because it doesn't appear like a lot, at least from an outside observer. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38285507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38285507