I do think this is the right place to post such ads (aren't the people reading HN their target audience?) I also agree on the fact that it is rather annoying a

I do think this is the right place to post such ads (aren't the people reading HN their target audience?) I also agree on the fact that it is rather annoying and I think there should be some kind of mechanism where you could say "I'm not interested in job offerings". Maybe a checkbox in your own profile.