Conflict of interest if a recruiter is paid by the company, but not by me

Headhunters vs recruiters

Sports manager vs recruiter

Long term career advice

Mentor

Salary negotiation

@author-of-book-developer-hegemony wrote a blogpost about networking "help people selfishly"

> help ppl without asking anything in return, and you will get indirect benefits later

> cf "pay it forward"

CTO breakfast

Build your own network vs buy a network

Solve problems for a company vs a job

Writing your own job description for a company

If you have your own network, then recruiters are your competition

Ask if they know any developers that would be interested in your network

Recruiters often focus on

• location (city)

• tech stack

If you are

• open to relocate (city / country)

• willing to learn new tech stacks

but very picky about

• culture

• way of working

• technical excellence

then recruiters are usually not of much help.