How to Deal With Political Toughness and Economic Downturn

I think you have to reverse engineer the person that you're selling to, right? If Pedro offered me some Jets memorabilia, he'd have a job too. I'm much happier to deal with political toughness or economic downturn than the black plague. There's no really end goal through this channel; it's just tactics of trying to learn different platforms and capabilities. You shouldn't be mad at a company that clearly points to the fact that they hire on skill and IQ.