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An audience != A business

Same idea as Dan Pink's talk on intrinsic vs extrinsic rewards/motivators: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html.

So you want programmers to talk to people in real life. Interesting.

Fair enough for Iranian/Chinese users perhaps but I thought Hushmail was no longer secure - ever since they handed over user data in response to a subpoena.

This is the best argument I've heard yet that Buzz is more than just another of Google's me-too apps. The article makes a good case that syndication of Buzz content through open standards could make it a powerful competitor to Facebook. I'd be curious to hear other people's opinions on whether this is just hype or seems realistic.

Like Dave Winer, I am also 54 and absolutely do not care what anyone else thinks about it.

Perhaps that explains why you are also less likely to perceive it when it happens. Perhaps Dave Winer is more sensitive to this issue and that explains why he notices it more. I doubt that he is imagining this since you are one of the few people in IT that I have heard having a contrary experience. Perhaps you are simply an outlier.

Thanks. You're right. I guess I'm just not sure yet and want to leave my options open. No such thing as a general-purpose recruiter, eh?

good engineers are never short of good offers

Actually a lot of programmers suck at networking and are terrible at job hunting.

This is a myth perpetuated by the you-get-what-you-deserve crowd who also believe that the homeless deserve to be where they are because they didn't play by the rules.

->"About the slap in the face, it's necessary to filter out bad developers who won't get value from posting their CV."

The willingness to pay $100 to post your resume could just as easily correlate to lower ability since someone who can't find a job through any other avenue might be willing to pay for additional exposure to employers.

You could always turn Adblock back on. I think it's fair for them to make some money to support the site.

Agreed. StackOverflow provides tremendous value to the tech community.

However, the idea of charging participants in that community $100 per year for the privilege of having their resumes searchable by employers seems like a bit of a slap in the face.

Especially since the Careers site doesn't even seem to try to distinguish between employers and recruiters.

Did anyone notice she's sitting on a Swiss ball wearing stilettos and a clingy red dress?