Talent agents for top 10% developers

#1

Post by kkaliannan » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:25 PM UTC

Talent agents for top 10% developers
poachworthy.com

Re: Talent agents for top 10% developers

#2

Post by zooso » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:41 PM UTC

What about the rest ?

Who are the top 10% developers ? Why do they even need a talent agency ?

Re: Talent agents for top 10% developers

#3

Post by lscore720 » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 8:15 PM UTC

Nobody has made this concept work long-term. Hope you can change the trend!

Re: Talent agents for top 10% developers

#4

Post by kkaliannan » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 10:48 PM UTC

lscore720 wrote: post #3

Nobody has made this concept work long-term. Hope you can change the trend!

Thanks! Always in need of inspiration. Which attempts are you referring to specifically?

Re: Talent agents for top 10% developers

#5

Post by kkaliannan » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 10:52 PM UTC

zooso wrote: post #2

What about the rest ? Who are the top 10% developers ? Why do they even need a talent agency ?

An agent will help you: find the opportunities that are actually interesting to you, get the info from recruiters you really want (like compensation) upfront while keeping you anonymous, and help you negotiate salary.

Re: Talent agents for top 10% developers

#6

Post by lscore720 » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 5:10 PM UTC

kkaliannan wrote: post #4

lscore720 wrote: post #3

Nobody has made this concept work long-term. Hope you can change the trend!

Thanks! Always in need of inspiration. Which attempts are you referring to specifically?

The usual suspects riding the PR machine:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/programmers-pri...

http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/were-no-rock-stars-meet-si...

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2886735/it-careers/should-y...