Cleave clients from servers

I was once in an interview for a Silicon Valley job. The interviewer, an American, asked me how I found out about the job. I told them that a recruiter contacted me. They replied, “London is a city of middlemen.” It’s true, London is full of people who will sell you their contact book. It’s their asset: who to talk to, and who not to bother with. But compared to Silicon Valley, we 1 are but tiny…