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Questions about how best to approach saying "no", or declining requests. Please explain in your question why just saying "no" is not sufficient.

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How to tell people I'm not their tech support?

I have a slightly different take to all the answers here. I've been a software developer for over 10 years now, and I very rarely get any requests like this anymore. How? By adopting a couple of simp …
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