Re: Experienced ASP.NET Developer in Minneapolis

It is high time the market started to understand that finding a job is
full-time work, requiring connections and lots of time to cultivate them. I
don't have the time (when I am working) to contact employers all the time. It's
rather nice to have someone who does do that to tap when you neeed it, right?

Hugh

--- Kamen Lilov <[email protected]> wrote:
> I for my part think recruiters already realize the diminishing value of
> their services in IT - especially of those recruiting companies where
> candidate selection and evaluation is done by HR people, not by engineers.
> (Which would be - what - 90% of them all? )
>
> And the very tone of the original recruiter from which this discussion
> started - "you won't get very far", "welcome to my world of recruiting", and
> calls to calm down in a private email to me - shows they are probably quite
> nervous themselves.
>
> Which reminds me that every market niche will inevitably settle down after
> some time.  We've seen the boom in salaries - including for developers who
> couldn't tell the practical difference between a string and an int variable,
> or DB 'architects' whose knowledge of locking started and finished with
> reciting the what ACID means.  Many of these people are now flipping
> hamburgers.
>
> Suits me fine -- it is high time the market started to understand that
> software development is a profession requiring lots of training, lots of
> energy and personal commitment.  It is not going to be overtaken by
> general-purpose business people in suits just like the practice of law is
> controlled by lawyers. (Although, admittedly, lawyers have been known to
> wear suits on occasion)
>
> Sorry for the off-topic rant...  I'm taking flames through personal email :)


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