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A sensitive issue I know... but as a freelancer, I often get asked by clients / ex-clients if I know of anyone "available" for a particular job (either a project or a permie role). I've tentatively hinted at some of these on here before, but am aware that CP (and the lounge specifically) really isn't the place for this. Any board that provides this tends to get hi-jacked by agencies.
And yes.. I have someone looking for a permie, on-site role south of London... 
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I can't think of anywhere even vaguely relevant that doesn't get hijacked by lazy incompetent recruiters: look at LinkedIn. We certainly get our share of 'em coming up in moderation.
There is nowhere here on this site I can think of that won't get you tarred with the same brush! And think of it this way: do you really want to be associated with a recommended employee who may look good here, but be a PITA to work with in reality?
My general response to that kind of question is that I can't think of anybody offhand, but I'll ask around.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I can't think of anybody offhand, but I'll ask around
Which is exactly what I'm doing - asking around. But where to ask where the largest pool of "talent" I know doesn't have the facility to ask the question? This isn't a gripe - I've been in other fora which get totally hi-jacked by agents, either blatantly or in disguise - and I wouldn't want CP to suffer that fate. Because I've worked remotely for most of the past 15 years, and especially during lockdown, there are few opportunities to meet people face to face (especially where the requirements are not that close a fit to my own skill set).
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You could possibly suggest that any interested party send you a private email. But blatant advertising will most likely start a flame war against you. IIRC there used to be a jobs forum here many years ago; I think it was closed for the reasons mentioned by OG.
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I'm confused, why do you care?
If you don't already have a specific person in mind when you get asked, then what benefit is it for you to go and find a stranger on their behalf? Just say "no" and leave the recruiting to them.
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Because life isn't just about "what benefit is it to me"?
There was an occasion only this year where I needed to find someone for a specific role. It turns out that someone I've not met, but know on here by reputation and interaction and believe to be a reputable, skilled developer was available and would have been interested, but missed out on the opportunity. Granted, it wouldn't have "benefited" me directly (other than maybe earning a beer or two's credit with the person needing help) but, as was discussed in this very lounge in the past couple of days, CP is a bit of a family and hopefully we help each other out.
I'm also at the "tail end" of my career, and over the past 40 years have benefitted from other people giving me opportunities or sharing knowledge when they didn't have to. I guess I believe in the notion of "paying it forward".
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Sharing knowledge, yes; but I prefer to not see a recruiter here that blabbers about "great opportunities".
If someone is looking to hire, he should go to where people go to look for work.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Hi Derek, I hope your well.
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Work Issues Discussion Boards[^]
Not directly for that, but at least more related... but less crowded than the lounge though
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Imperial Triumphant - Atomic Age[^]
I'm sort of repeating myself, I don't think one band ever had two SOTW's in such short succession, but this one's special.
I only recently discovered this band because they'd be releasing a new album soon.
That was about two months ago and the new album will be released next week and I'm really looking forward to it!
In the meantime, they released some songs, the latest of which is Atomic Age.
Again, this song is no easy listening even if you're into metal.
To be honest, even I wasn't fond of this new song the first time I heard it, but give it some time and you'll discover new things every time and it's awesome (if you have the stomach for it) 
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You posted that a few weeks ago
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Wasn't me. Maybe this one: Ghosts?
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That was the one! I just assumed you posted that, but it seems NiN is popular on here 
Anyway, nice album 
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I'm not much of a NiN fan, it just hapened to be playing and I figured I'd break up my usual Trance-fest with something different. Should have posted this one, since it's kinda pretty for depressing music. Some of Reznor's work with Ross is nice.
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David O'Neil wrote: kinda pretty for depressing music
You don't like depressing music? 
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... does that make me an endangered species, or a limited edition?
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I was thinking 'illusion' 
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I've been accused of being a Group Mind several times, but it's the first time I've been told I don't actually exis
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chuckle - actually, I know you exist, because there's that darn camera around here somewhere that lets you get the 'posting jump' on me, although the situation did improve after the redis issues were resolved
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"Endangered species" doesn't apply; there are plenty of Homo Sapiens Sapiens around (but most aren't sapient  ). "Limited edition" sounds too much like marketerese for "we had too many of these left in the warehouse; let's see if we can get rid of move them by rebranding."
No, you're stuck with being unique - just like the other 8,000 million of us.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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OOO! I wish you hadn't mentioned rebranding ...
I like hot sauce; and I really like the flavour of Scotch Bonnet chilis - so when I noticed I was running out of hot sauce I added it to the shopping list. "Encona West Indian Extra Hot Pepper Sauce". It's hot, but not quite as hot as I'd like, but a really good flavour.
Get to the supermarket, and spot a different bottle: "Encona West Indian Exxxtra Hot Pepper Sauce". Ah! The same thing, but hotter! I'll try that one.
Get it home, and do a quick taste test - tastes the same (good!), but ... seems like the same heat (bad).
Look closely ... barcode number is the same, ingredients list is the same ... it's the same damn sauce, but slightly rebranded to make it look hotter.
And you can only tell when you have the original and new bottles side by side. 
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I've a garden actually bursting with Habanero and Yellow Trinidad Scorpion peppers. Especially, the former which seem to be running ahead of the usual end-of-august ripening.
Scotch bonnets may be a bit hotter than the habanero but the scorpions of this type, tame in the realm of this type of pepper, as in the 1,000,000 Scoville range when ripe. And like the scotch bonnets and habaneros, they're capsaicin chinese, which gives them that nicer flavor and heat that kicks in late.
My normal treatment is to grind with enough vinegar so as to make a paste and then use it very cautiously. I might also throw in a vitamin C pill to act as a preservative (as a reducing agent, it helps the peppers not turn slowly browner).
There are a lot of online sources for much-too-hot-for-humans sauces which, even if exaggerated, their content means they'll not disappoint.*
* I don't use these to make insanely hot food - for a given heat it just taste better
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