I agree, many are not useful. Those are usually the fly swatting days. And to re-emphasize, I am a lousy hoop jumper. I might send a C.V. if we can get past so

I agree, many are not useful. Those are usually the fly swatting days. And to re-emphasize, I am a lousy hoop jumper. I might send a C.V. if we can get past some basic questions, e.g. compensation range, remote/on-site, type of work, whether this is yet another CRUD that is no more than a pretty UI on an SQL db, and so forth. But generally I take the attitude "I've already got a job, and you asked me, convince me I should." I'm polite and professional (most of the time) but I'm not wasting my time on leads that will go nowhere. If I'm the ugly duckling with twenty bucks in my pocket and I espy a hot lady at the bar, sashaying up to her and saying "you should buy me a drink" ain't gonna cut it.† Too many companies are the ugly duckling. † Though... uh... now that I think about it that actually worked with my wife so maybe you shouldn't listen to my advice.