I've been working for 16 years in the IT sector in software dev (senior/architecture/devops cack) and then 3 years engineering before that. You don't get cold

I've been working for 16 years in the IT sector in software dev (senior/architecture/devops cack) and then 3 years engineering before that. You don't get cold calls. You plonk your CV somewhere, take a position and then have to change your phone number because they won't go away even if you have taken a position :)