for those asking: do something. help the person out, provide a favor, build something cool in public. this is how you get jobs and the attention of job seekers. the goal is to stand out, not be like the rest.
when I was 19, a VC told me "There's a winners' way and a losers' way to apply for jobs. Losers apply via the resume box. Winners do anything else."
he also told me to build my network by sending an email newsletter to everyone I know at the end of each year
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