It's invite only to maintain a high calibre of applicants, but if you mention your HN name and make cool stuff there is a good chance you'll get in.
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Sometimes a recruiter can provide you access to lots of work you won't find advertised anywhere on the net.
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I was going to caveat things more in the description but wanted to avoid going off on a ramble. Didn't want to insult anyone, so sorry if I made you sad on a Friday. I know there are good guys out there and I've been lucky enough to deal with some of them. However there are sadly some recruiters giving the profession a bad name, but I think you know all about that.
Don't worry you didn't insult me! Recruiters have earned their terrible reputation.
I don't know but it would seem that a company wouldn't/couldn't keep a recruiter [with an exclusive arrangement] for long if they sent bad candidates. Of course, these things don't always make sense to me.