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Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by d0m »

tptacek wrote: post #51
d0m wrote: post #40

What a jerk. I thought once of using Tarsnap.. now I know there's no way I'll ever use or recommend this product. Ask a support question about Tarsnap? Bam, blog post about you annoying the shit out of him with your question. If you are not interested in an e-mail, it takes about a third of a second to press "!" in gmail.. that's a free way pass to the spam folder. But the person sending the email, the recruiter, won…

And now we know how much your recommendations about secure backup software are worth. Thanks for sharing.

>> secure backup software

The software isn't the problem - it's probably great - it's the service that I wouldn't recommend.

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by cperciva »

rl12345 wrote: post #6

Dear OP Yes you have the right to not be contacted by Google if you don't want so. But may I advise you to not get pissed by the fact that your labour force and intellect is being greatly demanded. Disturbance apart, you should be thankful.

I don't mind recruiters contacting me. I mind recruiters contacting me when the file in front of them tells them that I've specifically asked them to not contact me.

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by chris_wot »

tptacek wrote: post #51
d0m wrote: post #40

What a jerk. I thought once of using Tarsnap.. now I know there's no way I'll ever use or recommend this product. Ask a support question about Tarsnap? Bam, blog post about you annoying the shit out of him with your question. If you are not interested in an e-mail, it takes about a third of a second to press "!" in gmail.. that's a free way pass to the spam folder. But the person sending the email, the recruiter, won…

And now we know how much your recommendations about secure backup software are worth. Thanks for sharing.

Well that was aggressive.

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by aaronem »

larksimian wrote: post #71
d23 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but about half are below average > I'd say I see about one good recruiter for every 20 spammers These two seem contradictory, but the second statement strikes me as much more true than the first. Recruiters in this industry seem to be more parasitic and less knowledgeable than even real estate agents, and I say that with great hesitation. Any job where the attracting principle is "ooh money, and I don't even need t…

Statement 1 is tautologically true.

No. Consider the sequence (2, 2, 2, 10).

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by tptacek »

d0m wrote: post #81
tptacek wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And now we know how much your recommendations about secure backup software are worth. Thanks for sharing.

>> secure backup software The software isn't the problem - it's probably great - it's the service that I wouldn't recommend.

I don't even understand what you're trying to communicate anymore. "The software's great! But don't ever use it!"

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by saryant »

fredgrott wrote: post #72
cperciva wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just ignore Google's recruitment advances and move on If I thought I was the only person being annoyed by them, I would probably do this. But I've spoken to lots of other developers who get similarly annoyed by Google recruiters despite their attempts to tell Google Recruiting to stop contacting them -- so I figured it was worth writing a "ha ha only serious" public piece in the interest of getting Google's attention…

Its not just Google.. Amazon has the same problem..some low recruiters working for Amazon spamming devs My solution was to contact Amazon dev advocate and state that I would not upload my android apps to their appstore unless the recruiting spamming stooped.. That worked for awhile, it no longer works

I flew to Seattle for an Amazon interview two years ago. They declined to extend an offer yet still hit me up on LinkedIn and send me emails every six months.

I'm not sour about not getting the job (I totally blew that interview—100% my fault), I just don't get the dissonance they send out.

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by nknighthb »

jcdavis wrote: post #76
nknighthb wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The odds of a job coming out of contact by a Google recruiter are nearly indistinguishable from 0. They constantly carpet-bomb everybody.

That doesn't change the fact that tech folk are unique in being so lucky in the current economic climate to be complaining about getting asked about job opporunities. I know plenty of people in other skilled fields who would be happy to hear back from any of the many companies they ask about jobs at

I don't think you fully understood my comment. Contact by a Google recruiter does not constitute a job opportunity. It constitutes a waste of time on a massive scale. Replace them with automated spambots and the effect is the same.

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by vladimirralev »

brucehart wrote: post #17

I don't understand why it bothers people so much to be contacted by recruiters. I just send a quick reply that says "I appreciate the interest, but I'm not looking for new position right now.". It takes me about 10 seconds to type that sentence and hit send. It takes me such little time that I probably would not remember if they contacted me again a year later. I'm always grateful to have skills that are in demand. I…

I am the guy who always follows-up with recruiters. But even I can tell you that many of them are quite disrespectful and rarely have something to offer other than the brand of the company they represent.

Just month ago some Google recruiter emailed me to "see what I've been up to". He is not taking emails for an answer, he wants to schedule a phone call at some weird hour. Of course he wants me to submit some paperwork. I say fine, then he cancels at the last moment, another recruiter contacts me to reschedule and forgets about it.

Re: Dear Google Recruiting...

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Post by founder4fun »

benihana wrote: post #39

I think about my friends from high school and college who are struggling to find meaningful work when I read things like this. I try to imagine what it be like from their point and it comes off like an entitled prima donna is complaining about being recruited by what one of the coolest companies on earth. Honestly I think as an industry we should try to keep some perspective here.

Quick Sam Biddle take a screenshot of this and write a hit piece on highlighting the disgusting arrogance/ignorance of yet another tech douche!

I am fortunate to get similar attention and I live on the opposite coast. I am very flattered/honored to receive constant job offers. I've worked hard to get to this point, but it could all go away tomorrow. Nothing is guaranteed.

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