The days of looking for engineers with pedigree and top schools are over. Now, you can find those who are building insane side projects, hanging out in niche Discords, and quietly shipping high-level open source work.
Just met a 20-year-old in Discord who casually mentioned he built a game engine from scratch — in Assembly — just for fun
No LinkedIn.
He said he was open to work, “if it’s chill”
The best devs aren’t optimizing for careers. They’re into curiosity, chaos, and creative control
We stopped posting jobs on LinkedIn.
Discord + GitHub > resumes + referrals.
The best engineers aren’t optimizing their profile — they’re shipping weird, brilliant stuff at 2am.