Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction

An anonymous reader writes "When Pete London posted a resume on LinkedIn in December 2009, the JavaScript specialist stumbled into a trap of sorts. Shortly after creating a profile he received a message from a recruiter at Google. Just days later, another from Mozilla. Facebook reached out the next month and over the course of the next two years, nearly every big name in tech – attempt to lure him to a new employer. He received 530 messages in all, or one every 40 hours ... the only problem? Pete London didn't exist."

Comments

Re:Guy who was indicted for false interviews?

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally, I ask the interviewer(s) if s/he will suck my cock. Worst case: I don't get the job (free vacation!). Best case: I get the (blow)job (free sex vacation!)

Re:how many of the jobs didn't exist as well?

[aXis100]

It's clearly not true. Some of us are android-fanbois.

Re:Click-whoring post. How could this get approved

[Anonymous Coward]

Hang on, what? Are you saying if I write something, then repeat what I wrote in an anonymous context, that's plagiarism?

Re:How to cut down on endless recruiter spam

[Anonymous Coward]

When you think about it, it's kind of revealing. It shows the mentality out there--people think the only thing software companies need is a steady supply of engineers. Apparently, software simply leaps from the engineers' fingertips, right into the customer's shopping cart, with no product definition, schedule, market requirements analysis, etc.

You should look into Agile. It makes all that stuff irrelevant. All you need is a bunch of programmers, a wall of index cards, a daily status meeting, and rows of tables lined with computers. The software practically writes itself. If it's not what you want, pivot.