My biggest problem is meeting when the other party is subtly trying to hire me. I love meeting people, I love brainstorming ideas and revenue paths, I love hea

My biggest problem is meeting when the other party is subtly trying to hire me. I love meeting people, I love brainstorming ideas and revenue paths, I love hearing new perspectives, I love going out of my way to try to help people. When someone pings me for a meeting, I get excited and rearrange my schedule to get together. Maybe I can introduce them to a key contact, or help with some specific engineering challenge, or point out an unconsidered customer acquisition path. It's amazingly disappointing when I finally ask "so, how can I help you?" the answer is "join our engineering team." If I could filter out all meetings that are secret recruiting initiatives, I'd be a happier person.