It's official, I've come full circle:

"I assume you're not looking for a new opportunity right now, but do you know anybody that might be interested, or do you have someone to refer?"

Yes, let me do more work for you, even though you aren't interested in me at the moment. Shameless linking to a previous post which is the same: https://devrant.com/rants/5404347/...

At this point, I'm convinced its going to repeat until about 2050 when the entire software industry comes to a complete and catastrophic standstill.