Sourcing with The Secret Sauce
Check out this neat-o trick (before somebody claims it as their own and charges you for it in a training seminar – wink).
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Programmers like to code, else they would not be programmers; however, nobody likes to spend their time doing the same thing, over and over and over again. So programmers help each other out on occassion by sharing the source code (the secret sauce) of their projects. If you are building an email application in C++, no need to start (totally) from scratch. Simply borrow code from another programmer’s application and make the neccessary tweaks. Likewise, if you are stuck on ideas on how to build something, look at how other engineers resolved their development issues and get some inspiration.
You want to know the cool thing about all of that? Software Developers are like artists and like all artists, they sign their work. And even more cooler than that? These artists often add their emails as well. Let me show you what I mean.
Koders is a search engine for source code (all that technical gobbledygook that makes software run). Here is a screenshot of the homepage:
Now imagine that you are seeking engineers skilled in C++. What you would do is select C++ from the pull-down menu of languages (as shown below).
After you have chosen your language (C++ in this case) add in the search box “@yahoo.com.”
And voila! In the search results are the email addresses (and names) of Programmers who have written C++ code. And in some cases (like the result cited below) savvy programmers may leave an invitation for you to contact them.
In this example, I used “@yahoo.com,” but other domains would work just as well. For example, all of these domains brought back interesting results.
@hotmail.com
@gmail.com
@email.com
@aol.com
I tried adding company names like “@companyname.com,” but did not get the results I wanted. Are you curious about how this strategy could help you fill your technical reqs? Try it out and let me know how it worked for you. Thanks!
-Jim
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Comments
I dont stop by here enough but every time that I do I find something that I can’t wait to share with my clients.
As always, thanks for providing unique and valuable content. Thanks for helping me add value to my recruiting customers’ days.
All the best Jim.
- Matt, Yahoo! HotJobs
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Jim, Just thought you’d like to know that I’ve found some great candidates using this technique. I’m spreading the gospel about you. You’re a gem among the sea of sourcing sleuths!
Thanks for all the great sourcing tips & tricks….keep em coming please!
Michael Marlatt
Jim,
Once again, you are my hero!
Thank you for being open to sharing – we appreciate you and ALL YOU DO!
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That is so cool!! Thanks Jim!