‘When I Get Paid, You Get Paid’: Software Engineers Looking for Work Are Promising $10,000 or More to Anyone Who Can Help Them Land a Job

Would you pay to land a job?

A software engineer went viral last month after promising to pay upwards of $10,000 to anyone who can help them find a relevant six-figure job. It worked — and now it’s becoming a trend.

Argenis De La Rosa, a computer science undergraduate at the Harvard Extension School, wrote in a LinkedIn post that he would give someone the five-figure sum if they helped him land a software developer role.

De La Rosa said that he would create a contract for both parties to sign, ensuring that whenever he started getting paid in his six-figure role, he would pay off the $10,000 debt in increments.

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