[joshuamcginnis]

I recently stumbled upon a freelance gig from someone looking to hire someone to submit applications for software engineering positions on their behalf. They were willing to pay a few dollars per application and would provide all of the content for the submitter.

[ryandrake]

Where did you find it? This sounds like a tempting service! I’d love to have an “agent” who would deal with all the drudgery of finding me a job and screening companies (and even interviewing on my behalf if that was even possible), and would probably be willing to pay multiple tens of thousands of dollars for this service next time I job hop.

It would have to be more than a typical hired recruiter who just periodically sends me a few job listings and said “whaddayathink?” It would have to be: “Here’s my comp. Get me to a job offer paying comp+$50k and I’ll pay you $25k.”