Re: This may be stupid but..

Now, the problem of finding a good recruiter is substituted for the problem of finding a good engineer :) The trade-off is good only if you're planning to hire dozens of engineers, considering monetary costs of such arrangement. Even better, if you're creating a large org, get a headhunter on board, and give him stock options - otherwise he has wrong incentives (i.e. he's better off with job-hopping "upward mobility" type of guys (the more expensive, the better) when he works for himself, and you really want smart and trainable staff and don't give a damn about perfect resume - and he's going to be cost-conscious). --vadim On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Andy Walden wrote:

Again, as with most things, there tends to be two ends to the spectrum.