Count me as someone who doesn't want to see recruiters posting in "Who's hiring" regardless of how good they are.

You people are ridiculous. Peroni has been around on Hacker News for a very long time and has helped numerous - dozens! - of our community out. Stop being so rude. If people are so offended at the parent comment, they'll down vote it.

You know what, even though I've had a lot of positive responses, this will be my first & last 'Who's Hiring' post.

It's generated more noise than I had anticipated and it's taking from the purpose of the thread and that's the last thing I wanted.

It's too late to edit or delete my comment but I assure you it will be my last.

What's wrong with recruiters?

I'm assuming you wouldn't have a problem if someone mentioned that their employer was hiring (ie. non-primary posting in general)

I've actually used "Who's hiring" in the past. Two things made it very useful to me:

1.) It tells me something about the company. At the very least, it tells me that at least one founder/employee/etc. is reading HN.

2.) I can leisurely check out what the company does without making any sort of commitment (even just a phone call/screen).

Both of those advantages go out the window when recruiters are involved.

And BTW, I have nothing against recruiters. I just wish there was one jobs related page on the internet that didn't have them.

Fair enough.

Postive reactions: 9

Negative: 2

I think you will garner significantly different reaction if you give some sense of who you are as a recruiter in your posts, and why you aren't a scumbag (i've read some of your threads/comments).

Disclosure that you're a recruiter is fine if you can articulate how you are going recruiting differently. Link to your blog, talk about your dev experience, etc.

Have a look at my submissions. The last three have adressed exactly that and have had a huge amount of attention here and 99% of the feedback has been incredibly positive.

As for my dev experience, I was highly average and never built anything worth talking about here although a friend & I are working on something pretty cool at the moment that I mentioned briefly in the past. I will be doing a post soon talking about that particular product.

10.

You do seem like a good one, as far as they go, and I don't have anything, in general, against recruiters posting here. I don't think it's the best forum for your type, but there's no rule against it.

What I took issue with was that you are internally inconsistent, yet claim to be "honest." Ha! Whatever it was that made you once say you WILL NEVER attempt to solicit business on Hacker News---well, obviously, you don't believe in that anymore.