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My email existing in a database that gets passed around to different new companies that automatically spam it daily via a CRM has absolutely nothing to do with who I am or my competence. I'm just a row in a database, and the cost to the spammers is 0. Therefore, I don't understand how my post could be interpreted as humble bragging. Perhaps if I had included more details like this one, such confusion wouldn't occur.…
Blocking spam is not hard. It’s something I explain to my parents. It’s not a problem I would expect a person with in-demand tech skills to ask about online. I am in those databases too. My email address has been on my web site for a long time, ready to scrape. I spend no time at all dealing with unwanted recruiter emails, but I’m not getting them from “every startup in the world,” probably because I don’t apply for…
Re: Ask HN: How to automate handling tech recruiter spam?
#11Thanks. Yeah, I definitely regret using my primary email back in university when I was applying everywhere. I’m older and slightly wiser now, but databases unfortunately have amazing memories :)