It's true that I don't respond to every candidate, but I also never promised to. I DO read every single resume sent to me, guaranteed. Normally I just only reach out to people that I think are a good fit for us. I end up responding to at least a dozen candidates for each HN posting. Please keep in mind there is no automation here, and no recruiters - it's just me, and I have to balance running a company.
That said, you are 100% right that I should send at least some response to everyone, even people we aren't going to move forward with. I'm working on a process for this and will start doing it soon.
In the meantime, I want to personally apologize if you feel I wasted your time. If you want to send me a note via email I'm happy to give you some individual feedback on your application and why we didn't feel it was a good fit.
Just to chime in, the fact that this substantially-identical ad has been running here and on CL for years, while rejecting lots of people, says maybe the requirements can be massaged a bit to reflect what you're actually looking for in light of what you aren't finding in the many people who do attempt to get their foot in the door.
It's true that I don't respond to every candidate, but I also never promised to. I DO read every single resume sent to me, guaranteed. Normally I just only reach out to people that I think are a good fit for us. I end up responding to at least a dozen candidates for each HN posting. Please keep in mind there is no automation here, and no recruiters - it's just me, and I have to balance running a company.
That said, you are 100% right that I should send at least some response to everyone, even people we aren't going to move forward with. I'm working on a process for this and will start doing it soon.
In the meantime, I want to personally apologize if you feel I wasted your time. If you want to send me a note via email I'm happy to give you some individual feedback on your application and why we didn't feel it was a good fit.