When accepting a coffee-meeting, what signs indicate to you that things are going to go nowhere? My #1: person is middle-manager bureaucrat
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(Note: not including cases where you expect person to be stimulating/fun enough that meeting is its own reward, which is 75% of mine)
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My #2 sign: person has >3x more clear need to talk about themselves than real curiosity about you. Likely means nobody listens to them.
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My #3 sign: person has no discretionary authority to pay for more than your coffee, whatever their title. Not even a tiny 1k spec project.
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(Financial powerlessness is a sign of time-wasting even if you're not meeting them for financial opps, it's a general sign)
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