av8r76,
I agree with your post. Justagigolo77 has responded with sarcasm to the multitude of "how do I get a job in Canada" posts and has received credit for doing so.
However, we would like to believe that every pilot fresh from school has the drive to enter the commercial market. We all paid by the hour to get the ratings. Some did it with the benefit of a college, and some did it without the benefit of a college. Irrespective of how the license is obtained, the industry is presented with two distinct groups of "fresh pilots": those who do their own research, and those who do not.
Many of us, I would believe yourself included, did our own research. Some became flight instructors, and some wanted to bypass that step. Either way, we talked with instructors and pilots, tracked those companies we called, e-mailed, or faxed resumes to; we jumped into a beat up old car and made the drive to far-flung locations. We did this because we had an understanding that the only way to get our foot in the door was to put it there ourselves and hope someone noticed when they tried to close the door.
It is unfortunate, however, that many "fresh pilots" do not share this same drive. They certainly share the love of flying, but not the drive to get the first job.
Both types of pilots have equal flying ability (assuming they have not had their licenses printed in a corner market). Both types have the same desire to begin their career in earnest. However, one type realizes that all they have purchased is a fancy drivers license and now they need to go buy the car, while the other type thinks they have purchased the fancy license and a fancy car, and are waiting for the dealership to deliver.
It is this second group that needs to read and understand justagigolo77's post. I do not believe that this same response would be given were the post asking about a specific company, or help with specific research. It is the high level, "give me all the information and forms" that is angering many of the posters.
In conclusion, I believe this frustration over the number of "give me information" posts demonstrates what we as a group of pilots are looking for in the cockpit: someone who reads the books, and asks when they don't understand. The issue is, we are not seeing that online, and it is starting to slowly creep into the cockpit.