[deltaqueue]

I suspect you'll get downvoted for this, because the tone of your comment insinuates developers need recruiters. While this may be the case for the lowest percentile, the fact remains that companies need recruiters to locate and hire that top percentile of talent.

[kabrummett]

The tone of my post implies that the candidate/recruiter relationship is a reciprocal one, in good times we need you in bad times you may need us. The intent of my post is to share the recruiters side and hopefully have a balanced debate. I get that there are BAD recruiters out there, I totally hear that but not all of us are clueless, which is, in my option, the tone of the original blog <recruiters are by and large a waste of your time>