From the resumes and phone interviews, I think they all came from methadone clinics. Instead of looking for senior devs, I'm going to look for 2 junior devs. Not sure my luck will be any better.
No good stories, but one guy did try to convince me that his raging anti-social behavior would be a benefit. He didn't get a call back.
Hahaha... I've had the same experience interviewing "engineers" we've found through craigslist ads. I'm a mid level software engineer at the company I work for.
Actually, we did find a couple good ones, but it didn't work out because they wanted like 200k per year....
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They weed out the $200k Crack smoking, anti-social, methadone junkies that wont look past the tips of their shoes when talking to you. How valuable is all the time you wasted weeding through these people compared to paying a fee to have someone present you with 2-5 qualified applicants.
Most recruiters charge 25-30% of the first years salary. My wife charges 15%. The DMF Special!
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