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Hi [your name here], thanks for getting in contact with me.

I sincerely appreciate the interest in [your company name here] hiring me, however there is several problems with this:

1. I have just signed a lease on a new property in Melbourne. The lease is for one year. This means that I am effectively tied to Melbourne for one year.
2. I have only recently (November) started a job for Spree Commerce. I like/love this job and would like to stay there.
3. I have no formal qualifications past a certificate IV in Network Administration. I think qualifications are bullshit. Getting me into America would prove very difficult for your company. I am, of course, assuming you would want me on-site. Although I've written a book on the framework that I'd be hired to do work with, I doubt that would assist the process any. See #1 also for a very valid reason why this would not be possible.

I think that you would have more of an effect just by getting to know one person really well than getting to know one hundred people really poorly. Speak to your engineers. Ask them who, if anyone, they would hire. It doesn't matter if they're already in a job, seemingly. Then get them to work with you in drafting a proposal to that person. Don't pressure them into it, just offer it as an alternative to their current situation. Get to know them really well. Be OK with them saying no to it. There's more than one.

We engineers are not simply just resources to be thrown onto a project. We have wants and needs as well, just like normal people. (Hint: it's because we're normal). Please take some time and consider this.

Thanks.

Ryan Bigg

Well said :)

I really like the last paragraph!