I've gotten inundated with students from my alma matter requesting to have a chat. I don't want to be an asshole, but do you guys ever flat out say no/ignore the email?

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Nope, because I'm a generous, kind person. I will only ignore if their email was really bad.

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Well it depends, why do you not want to chat? I usually don't if I'm busy

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Just give them like 15 minutes it's not so bad

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If only these calls were only a one-time 15min endeavor. Usually they glue to you for as long as they need you (asking you for recs and referrals) and after they land a gig somewhere, they don't usually follow up. One time this person used my name as a referrer and didn't even tell me until after the fact. Sad but that has been my experience and I've spent time on at least 20 individuals. Should you help? Yes but choose wisely.

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I think my general policy has been to ignore, unless it's a friend of a friend type situation

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Which school?

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I do it for undergrads from my alma mater, but nobody else

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