For ex consultants that left for industry. Understood that often, ex colleagues will offer to take you to lunch as part of their bus dev activities.

Do you always accept the lunch invites? Even for ex colleagues with whom you have no interest meeting?

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yes, it's free food. Just tune out all the noise when they're blabbering about opportunities

And make sure you pick an expensive restaurant. Having to listen to their sales pitch is a time investment on my end, I'd like to get my money's worth

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch

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