I have never sent a thank you note. Not for any job I've ever had. Not for those who really wanted me and fought for me and made me great offers, never. Perhaps

I have never sent a thank you note. Not for any job I've ever had. Not for those who really wanted me and fought for me and made me great offers, never. Perhaps I am rude, or perhaps companies looking to make money are not looking for "polite" developers? And cellphones are rude, but it is not rude if you can not or forgot to turn yours off and it rings. It is not rude to apologize and briefly take the call if only to explain why you can't talk on the phone now. It is not even rude to strongly apologize further if the call turns out to be important and you have to take <5 minutes to deal with it. This applies equally to both sides.