[hjay]

This really hits home. I had a few emails back and forth with the co-founder/CTO of a fairly successful startup that tried to recruit me back in January. We had a short Skype session, he basically "strung me along", vaguely brought up a homework assignment, and never got back. Like the author of this post, I emailed him back and checked for an update, but never got a response.

And to think I actually referred people to use their service before. Since this incident, I have lost a ton of respect for this person specifically. Not because we were not a good fit for each other, but because of the 360 degree change in attitude once he had no use for you. A bit sad to say this person is probably on HN too.

In contrast, his email responses while trying to recruit me originally were always within 24 hours, usually between 5~25 minutes. Fairly lengthy emails too. It's not that difficult to let someone know if you don't think you (and I) are not the best fit for each other. Show some respect.