Attention, Rockstar Developers: Get a Talent Agent

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @01:50AM from the there-will-be-no-green-m&ms dept.

ErichTheRed writes OK, we all know that there are a lot of developers and IT people in the field who shouldn't be, and finding really good people and hanging onto them is very difficult. However, I almost fell out of my chair reading this breathless article suggesting that developers hire agents. I grant the authors that recruiters are sometimes the only way to cut through the HR jungle in some companies, but outside of the hot San Francisco startup market, can you imagine a "10x rockstar developer" swaggering into a job interview with his negotiating team? I'm sure our readers can cite plenty of examples of these types who were only 10x in their own minds...

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Re:F' Em' by 91degrees · 2015-02-24 02:22 · Score: 5, Informative

You'll get an occasional "Guru" - that is an expert in a specific field, who is recognised for their in-depth knowledge an decades of experience, in a very specific field. People like Bruce Schneier and John Carmack.

I do agree that it's still a silly term.