[stove]

I very informally do this right now. I think of my role as a sports agent for top engineers. The engineers I work with pay nothing and the companies who want access to them give us no bullshit, all access interviews where we're not working with HR or recruiters. It works so well for both parties that I'm scaling it at the moment.

[asperous]

You are the recruiter in this instance. You should be being paid per hire you facilitate (~20k+)

[stove]

Yes, this is what I'm doing.