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Got a call from a recruiter that was looking for an oddly specific combination of skills. Me, so it’s Company X? He was flabbergasted. I gave 3 months notice. I was literally the only person in the world with that combination of skills. So I asked how much, went to bosses, I’ll stay on longer if you pay me that rate.

Good money for a few months.

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I suppose that speaks positively of the recruiter's ability to find the right person for the job!

This. I got headhunted for a very very specific skill in my city. Asked them if it was company X? “How did you know??” “I wrote that rec”. I then proceeded to work directly with the recruiter to find a candidate and got an easy $1000 for about 4 hours of total work.

I'm curious about what the combination of skills was ?

Obscure mainframe tech and ruby, VB. About 15 years ago.

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