The Ghost Job Epidemic: Why Tech Companies Keep Posting Jobs That Never Get Filled
Discover why ghost jobs plague tech recruiting and how one developer built a tool to expose companies posting fake job listings.
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Notes on hiring,
getting hired,
and the gap
in between.
Writing about how developers and companies actually meet — pricing your inbox, filtering recruiters, hiring without LinkedIn, and the economics of technical talent.
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Developer Inbox Fatigue Is Killing Your Recruitment Pipeline in 2026
Developers receive 10-30 recruiting messages weekly. Learn why inbox fatigue is destroying response rates and how direct, consent-based outreach fixes it.
How to stop recruiter spam as a developer
Cold outreach scales for recruiters because it costs them nothing. The fix isn't filters — it's making contact cost something.
How to price your developer profile
What's the right number for an inbound message? Too low and you get noise; too high and you get nothing. A practical framework based on seniority, scarcity, and the cost of your time.
How to hire senior engineers without LinkedIn
LinkedIn InMail has a 3% response rate for technical roles. Here's what works instead — and why paying the developer to read your message changes the math entirely.
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