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Usually, emails come through Linkedin. People mostly see my name in a Meetup group, or on my github page, and I guess they check with Linkedin for the profile.

I get a few messages even though I have zero interesting projects or distinctive characteristics out there, apart from a basic "I'm a backend developer" presentation profile.

> Did you contact some recruiters at some point?

Yes, and I've had mixed experiences with them. Some of them are great, others not so much.

> Where are they farming your email address from?

I make my email address publicly available, so possibly from my LinkedIn profile or portfolio site.

I regularly get generic emails from recruiters saying they came across my profile on Github, or they'll just send me an email via LinkedIn's messaging system.