feed the recruiters?

[Seth Gordon]

So every few weeks, it seems, I get email from a recruiter, or my wife 
gets a phone call from one, and I have this little internal dialogue:

"I love my job and have no interest in looking for another one, 
especially since any job I get through a recruiter is likely to suck 
more than a job I would get through networking."

"But maybe I should talk to the guy anyway, just to maintain a 
relationship.  I mean, sure, I like my job *now*, but I can't predict if 
or when my boss will grow pointy hair or the VCs decide to cash in their 
chips and go home or some competitor comes out of nowhere and drives us 
out of business or..."

"If I ever need to get a job through a recruiter, they will try to match 
me up with jobs that they think are compatible with my resume, whether 
or not I've had any contact with them in the past.  The only thing 
meeting them *now* will accomplish is that it will encourage them to 
waste even more of my time by dangling their latest hot leads in front 
of me."

Who is right--me, or me?

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