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Why is everybody taking at face value the claim that "we met up and Elon gave me this number"? It's the first trick in the book to get your foot in the door, p
by julianlam 6y ago
Why is everybody taking at face value the claim that "we met up and Elon gave me this number"?
It's the first trick in the book to get your foot in the door, pretend you already have your foot in the door.
- iso1631 6y agoIndeed, why give someone an old number. If you are concerned about meeting them again and want plausible deniability, transpose a couple of digits and swap a 1 for a 7.
- wrsh07 6y agoOr if you're musk, pay a personal assistant to field calls from people you don't want to talk to
- hckr_news 6y agoThat’s also the classic method of getting in touch with a recruiter or hiring manager. Call the company and state “Someone called me the other day from X company and left a voicemail, they did not state their name so I was just following up”.