Great Non-Hackers?
jacquesm: Tricky... what I've gotten weary of over the years is people that approach too aggressively, that's a big red flag for me.Another one is people that do their best to worm their way into your private live even though your relationship is purely business. That doesn't mean that it isn't possible to know people both privately and professionally but if they're actively trying to gain a foothold in your private affairs that would make me think twice.Good salespeople are always in 'sales' mode, they can't really help it, whether they're talking about their holidays or the next deal, it is always the biggest thing since sliced bread to them. And in their world that's a good thing.I've been had once really bad by some guy that approached me online and took more than a year to gain my confidence against strong skepticism but bit by bit he wore it away and then he used one of my associates to get what he wanted. We managed to reverse the whole thing but it cost us dearly and it definitely made me much more careful when strangers approach me out of the blue. Not paranoid, just more careful.