External recruiters, and some internal recruiters, are human shell scripts which scrape LinkedIn and Github, schedule calls, and follow up.
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Companies have multiple channels by which candidates are introduced to the company: cold inbound, internal referral, Recruiter A, etc.
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The channel you enter by is either formally or informally viewed as a quality signal and it is weighted STUPID high.
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You do not want to come in from a channel known for producing idiots. Operationizable: any widely viewed public job posting attracts idiots.
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Line engineers at companies are often explicitly incentivized, to the tune of $3~$8k+, to refer candidates to their hiring process.
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The strongest intro is "I previously worked with them and would like to again." Despite this, "We met at a meetup; not an axe murderer?" > 0
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Line engineers are heavily involved in hiring process and are virtually completely unaccountable for their participation in it.
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For instance, line engineers conduct many interviews and have formal or informal ability to have "No hire" stick for any reason or none.
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Reflect back on your personal experience as a line engineer and how important you treated the parts of the job that were not coding; shudder
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