[fatnoah]

I'll second this. LinkedIn relies on search, and your profile has very little information. I'm hitting 23 years in the industry, with the first 17 of those in small startups, and 2010 was the last time I made the first reach out in a job search. When my profile is listed as "Open to Opportunity" on LinkedIn, I hear from people daily, with about 50% being non-spam and at least remotely relevant to my role and YOE. When the profile is not open, it's one or two a week on average.

I always say "thanks but no thanks" when not interested, but definitely leave it friendly. Recruiters move and I've had a recruiter for a company I wasn't interested in later pop up at a company I was interested in. As I've moved along in my career, recruiters I've worked with to hire at my own company have also moved on and brought me opportunities in their new companies.