Keep Your GitHub Email Address Private (opens in new tab)

I don't think you know much about how recruiters operate...they're very annoying and antagonize the process for small businesses/boutique firms. There is a reason why hiring managers will say they don't want recruiters.

Often, they obfuscate the process so you can't skip them to contact the representative company directly, and they'll embellish your resume in ways that make it impossible for the company to contact you directly.

I am in the camp that considers them more a nuisance than anything for many purposes, and while I appreciate that it might seem nice to be hounded by them, I share the parent's scorn, as I've never had a positive experience with them. And even if I had, it wouldn't invalidate what I've said.

tl;dr - Peoples' problems are peoples' problems. Other peoples' problems don't make them go away.

I have a problem with them abusing the git commit logs to get at my personal email as a way of manipulating me.

1) I've never had a positive experience with recruiters.

2) They have an observable tendency to embellish your resume for their own purposes, refer you to other recruiters, and network you in soliciting ways that you don't know about at first and don't agree to.

3) They obfuscate the hiring process so that you and a company cannot directly interact without going through the recruiter, and make it difficult to have a candid relationship in the interview process.

4) They only exist as a middleman, adding an extra step to an interview process which I am opposed to on principle.

You're not doing this, but I really hate it when people minimize complaints about recruiters because they think we're spoiled. Those people tend to really not know much about how recruiters operate.

Some developers do not welcome recruiters to contact them, but they get recruiters contacting them anyways.