Best Channel for hiring top engineers?

When I was at Facebook, the best of the best engineers best of the best Engineers - like the top 5% that get all kinds of bonus discretionary stock and other perks - had often no LinkedIn for their LinkedIn. had nothing on it and they were extremely hard to find. The only way to find them would be through networking. the recruiters that were able to hire these people were socially friends with them and had overlapping friend circles and would literally bump it to them in person. once you're able to get a couple then you need them to refer their friends. I was one of these people and I ignored every single recruiter. A Google recruiter even called my parents in another country to try to get me to respond to them. I did not.

Step 1. Go to San Francisco. Step 2. Go to Dolores Park. Step 3. Bring a large whiteboard on wheels Step 4. Solve leetcode problems and see what happens. I've done this so I know.