Developer Job Boards Overwhelmed by Fraud Offers, Blocking Legitimate Hiring
Hacker News "Who Wants to Be Hired" threads, previously a reliable source of remote developer opportunities, are now dominated by fraudulent job offers with no legitimate interview responses. Alternative platforms like LinkedIn suffer from inaccuracy problems that make them equally unreliable. The signal-to-noise collapse on community job channels is directly blocking qualified developers from finding remote positions.
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