Oh my God, I so agree. I had a particular peeve at recruiters who just add me on LinkedIn and *NEVER* talk to me. What’s the bloody point in that?

Your research point is good advice too. I had this call the other day. For the sake of clarification, I’m a NodeJS developer (have been since 2012) and have only dabbled in Python…

“Hi, do you want a new Python job Simon?”

“Not especially. I mainly do NodeJS. Not against Python with it, but I’m not strong enough in Python for full time”

“Oh, why are you moving into NodeJS?”

“I’m not. I’ve been doing it for the past four years”

“Oh right. So when did you stop doing Python?”

“Have you even read my CV?”

“[Can hear him reading it] I have now”

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