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Ash HN: Who works with a tech agent?

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Does anyone have experience working with a tech agent? Either as developer or hiring company. I just heard of this trend and I'm curious to see if the experience is really different from working with a recruiter.

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I am a tech agent, I help people find both remote jobs and projects freelance. I have 5 clients, I have room for couple more. I charge a low retainer month to month and mainly work off higher commission. I started in Feb 2016, and 1 client I have brought in over 250k annual revolving business revenue potential...and more every month I keep bringing on business. I'm a sales hustler and love tech to the max so its been a satisfyingly experience thus far." Big plus is I get to work from home" Feel free to contact me with any more questions.

That sounds totally cool, way better than a recruiter. Tell us more about it!

"The cup is blue" feel free to contact me or ask me more questions here.

When you work with tech agent, I feel they have more of a vested interest in the ongoing success of their clients.

I love connecting people to the work they seek. I feel lucky to make a decent living helping others with my unique talent.

You don't have your email in your profile. It needs to go in the About box. I'd be interested in learning more. Please contact me - matt at mattmccormick dot ca

Added my email on my "about box" Thanks Matt - I will email you in morning.

I'll throw my hat in the ring as interested. Email in my profile

I will email you tomorrow to coordinate a meeting. Have a nice evening.

I work with a tech agent, but I only work on consulting/contracting projects; that's fundamentally different than working with a recruiter because IME most recruiters work to place you as a full-time employee at a place.

Echoing this sentiment and backing it up with some BLS numbers: http://blog.alinelerner.com/why-talent-agents-for-engineers-...

Does interviewing.io have anything to offer to someone like me? Twenty years of professional experience, not interested in full-time W2 employment.

For now we're focusing pretty much exclusively on f/t hiring.

Great current inspiring article written Jan 2016, shows the benefits of freelancing as a programmer. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-19/why-an-ex-...

Added my email on my "about box" Thanks Matt - I will email you. "The cup is blue" feel free to contact me or ask me more questions here.

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