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.