this.

The only recruiters worthwhile are those that are part of the company itself.

I've never had anything but frustration working with third party recruiters.

Just circling back to see if you got my earlier HN post. Did you miss it? I understand if now isn’t a good time; I’d love to connect. I hope you take my persistence as a compliment!

Depends on what you mean by third party recruiters. In my opinion there are two kinds. Those who are trying to find someone for a role. And this that well try to find YOU a job. I've gotten a could of jobs from the second kind. These are the kind that try to foster a relationship. There other type are basically used car salesman

And I've found my current role with one of them - I actually barely interacted with her and she basically just introduced me to the company.

I just don't expect anything from them. I see them as a (rather inconvenient, but it's there) intermediate, that's pretty much it.