[jonmoshier]

How'd you get started doing recruiting? I've been talking with recruiters lately and I find myself doing enough tech explaining to recruiters that I've wondered if I could consult for them. Interested to hear about your experience.

[dsk139]

Feel free to e-mail (in profile). Started by trying to build tools for recruiters and interviewing recruiters for customer feedback. Found a good fit with a recruiter who placed my whole NY team before our startup got acquired and he offered me a consultant gig. Really enjoying it so far. Great way to monetize a mix of engineering career consulting + staying on top of startup trends.

[mooreds]

Interesting! Do you feel like as you get further and further from having done the actual work (that you're helping recruit for) that you'll still be as effective?

[dsk139]

I'm still coding professionally (js eng) and stay on top of trends! But, I don't think coding in the trenches will make me more effective. I've had a few eng. jobs, most of my friends are engineers, and I'm really passionate about job trends, job satisfaction, and employee retention.

With that foundation I'm more effective as I see more career trajectory data points when I talk to candidates that specialize (data, security, devops, ml) or ladder up (vp, manager, cto). Then I can provide even more value to new candidates with the career counseling approach.