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also i'll add that i think there's diff types of recruiters, in my younger days i would be approached what i thought were 'puppy mill' types that just churn/spam postings and try to set up interviews, mind you this was back in the tech industry and maybe a little different/cold.

these days now i'm a bit older, i find recruiters a little bit more respectful, mind you they're trying to sell me senior positions, some are executive search head hunters. maybe you just get treated differently when you're being asked if you're interested for a director position vs a peon wage slave entry level engineer, who knows.