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by chow 5738 days ago
TL;DR: DHH is annoyed that there are people in the tech industry who have never heard of him.
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No, he's legitimately complaining about people spamming out recruitment emails without doing any research on the people they are contacting. For example, my resume on my personal website says "I am not interested in moving from Portland. Really. Seriously." My LinkedIn profile says "I am happily located in Portland, OR. Please don't bother me with job possibilities that require moving somewhere else." And yet, I would say that only about 5% of the emails I get from recruiters are for local or telecommute jobs. The other 95% are for relocation to the Bay Area or Seattle.
to be fair, a telecommute job would not require you to relocate, so it seems pretty legitimate ;)
You should re-read what I wrote more carefully. Telecommute was grouped together with local jobs in the acceptable 5%.