Should I pay for coffee chats?

I feel like I’m stuck in a loop where I’m getting zero responses from cold emails or LinkedIn outreach. I’m wondering whether young professionals would be open to coffee chats if I offered to pay, say $30 for 15 minutes of their time.

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