Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction 233
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."
Re:Guy who was indicted for false interviews? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:how many of the jobs didn't exist as well? (Score:5, Funny)
It's clearly not true. Some of us are android-fanbois.
Re:Click-whoring post. How could this get approved (Score:4, Funny)
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 (Score:3, Funny)
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.