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by s3nnyy 3661 days ago
Dev hiring is a sourcing problem, not a filtering problem.

The people behind starfighter are brilliant and I respect them big time. So, probably they know what they're doin. I am excited to see how they want to solve dev hiring since starfighter looks more like a product that does filtering, not sourcing.

(I am thinking since a long time to build something that leverages Github to find and reach out to engineers; e.g., when a company looks for Angular people to just parse the Angular repo for engineers that watch / contribute to the repository and reach out to them. if you have any ideas on this or want to help, please shoot me a message).

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It's both. They're focusing on the sourcing part, which is commendable, but I'd still like companies to engage a better filter. The one most have now is the equivalent to trying to hammer square pegs into round holes with bit of wood they happened to find.

Unfortunately, changing that appears to be a very tricky social problem. It's going to take a recruiter (or recruiting company) with such a great reputation and track record that companies trust that recruiter's judgement in personnel implicitly. But how?

Please don't unleash another method of spamming developers on the internet. We already get 10 linkedin requests a day for the hottest coolest new idea.