Ask HN: Anonymous Recruiters Are Crazy

Recently I started to look for new job. First thing I did is to go to Linkedin and mark my status as actively looking for jobs. After that, I got lots of spams inMail message and direct cold emails from recruiters and creepy agencies. The funny thing is message content seems to be a template. I would never reply those ones.

Sometimes I asked recruiters about the hiring team and tech stacks they use, they just have no clue. I wish I could talk to hiring team directly.

Anybody has similar thoughts? If letting you to choose, would you prefer recruiters or hiring engineering team?