> I'm get job requests of at least 1 to 2 a week from recruiters.
This doesn't mean anything.
Their job is to throw as much potential employee at the employer as possible because these companies do not have brand recognition for programmers to line up to apply to their company.
It's game theory, shot gun approach. The incentive is throw as many programmers at the employer as possible regardless if they fit it or not, it'll increase the chances of the company hiring one of them and the job recruiter get the commission.
When people states something along the line of:
"I'm get job requests of at least 1 to 2 a week from recruiters."
It's a tall tell sign that they themselves are very new at how employment works in real life within the tech industry.
The reason why I'm pointing this out is not to put OP down but to make sure whoever is reading this understand that this statement is very misleading and often spoken but isn't necessary true.
I get well over 3-5 job offer emails from recruiters, aka head hunters, daily and get at least 2-3 calls once a week. It doesn't mean I qualify for it. I would also get spam with job position that aren't even close to my skill set but they'll do it anyway just cause there's a chance I might get hire and they get the commission.
Also do not use this as a gauge to your skill set or value. Your value is base on how fast/easily you can get a job.
It's usually base on your experiences and how able you are to pass interviews (regardless of whether it's bullshit or not, technical, non technical).
Great points. I upvoted. Just because I get recruiters pinging me doesn't mean there is a bubble. I definitely agree it's a game theory approach with recruiters in a "new" field of Data Science that they don't quite have a good read.
