What part of this post + you saying, on your very own website, "I have not, nor ever will attempt to solicit business on Hacker News," is honest?
This is my first post that is anything remotely related to me sourcing candidates and I am keeping a close eye on it to see if it's well received or universally hated. So far it has a few upvotes and I've received four emails from HN'ers who want me to help.
Postive reactions: 9
Negative: 2
Disclosure that you're a recruiter is fine if you can articulate how you are going recruiting differently. Link to your blog, talk about your dev experience, etc.
As for my dev experience, I was highly average and never built anything worth talking about here although a friend & I are working on something pretty cool at the moment that I mentioned briefly in the past. I will be doing a post soon talking about that particular product.
I'm assuming you wouldn't have a problem if someone mentioned that their employer was hiring (ie. non-primary posting in general)
1.) It tells me something about the company. At the very least, it tells me that at least one founder/employee/etc. is reading HN.
2.) I can leisurely check out what the company does without making any sort of commitment (even just a phone call/screen).
Both of those advantages go out the window when recruiters are involved.
And BTW, I have nothing against recruiters. I just wish there was one jobs related page on the internet that didn't have them.
It's generated more noise than I had anticipated and it's taking from the purpose of the thread and that's the last thing I wanted.
It's too late to edit or delete my comment but I assure you it will be my last.
What I took issue with was that you are internally inconsistent, yet claim to be "honest." Ha! Whatever it was that made you once say you WILL NEVER attempt to solicit business on Hacker News---well, obviously, you don't believe in that anymore.
Surely Peroni has demonstrated sufficient value to the HN community to allow him to post in a "Who's hiring" thread without people getting on their critical high horse.
Would you rather he sat on his hands if he has the perfect job for people here? I for one will be taking him up on his offer...if you have ever dealt with tech recruiters you will appreciate the service he is offering.
I still think it's best if he leaves this thread to direct company postings, though, and finds other ways to let interested HNers to work with him.
The ideal "Who's Hiring" page will have lots of postings, and every post will be as close to "ideal" as possible.
I define an ideal post in this context as one that links to the company involved, is posted by a current technical employee of that company (or a founder), and does a good job describing what they're looking for.
If I'd like to focus more on Ruby, for example, I can search the page for all of the Ruby posts, open all the links, and see what company is doing something of interest to me, and which poster has a tone that appeals to me.
A recruiter post can't possible be an ideal post like this, no matter who the recruiter is, and how good they are.
It was an interesting experiment and instead I may just set up an opt-in monthly mailing list exclusively for HN'ers with opportunities that I feel would be of interest. More on that later.