The recruiter I worked with is ~50 and he's a former software engineer running his own agency employing several people all using tools he wrote. He specificall

The recruiter I worked with is ~50 and he's a former software engineer running his own agency employing several people all using tools he wrote. He specifically targets software engineers and NYC market. We still chat and I send him candidates and he's helped friends of mine find jobs. I know younger recruiters working in the fintech space and yeah have some mostly negative impressions. I actually think that a large part of the nosedive is that many tech companies have stopped working with external recruiters because they don't want to pay the extra costs. My company included. And hiring has suffered for it.