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by yoaviram 3404 days ago
As a person who has been recruiting software engineers for the past 12 years, and quite picky about it, there are two signals I'm looking for at the first stage of the funnel: LinkedIn (more specifically if we know anyone in common who can endorse you, and your recommendations), and your OSS profile. The only thing I use a CV for is to look up your contact details.

The next stage is all about 1on1 conversations and pairing sessions.

2 comments

Probably that's how "there is huge programmers shortage!" myth starts. I don't use LinkedIn and will never use it as any other products that rely on dark patterns and disrespect for privacy. Problems with OSS I've written in my other comment. And I'm really not in minority -- most of very good programmers I know are like this. So sorry, but as a requiter you are only doing disfavor for yourself relying on minor pool of candidates.
You seem to be excluding a huge pool of highly-skilled software engineers. There surely must be a way to not do that.