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I did cold email a few people once, but it felt very very uncomfortable. How was your experience?
by vijayr 11y ago
I did cold email a few people once, but it felt very very uncomfortable. How was your experience?
- PaulHoule 11y agoI never found it very hard because I spent time in an academic environment where grad students & professors call and write each other all the time. They are not going to research your credential in 15 minute so you don't need an academic affiliation, the fact that you are reading what they write is a good enough connection. If I have a focused question about their work and have a PMA about it, I would say my success rate is awfully close to 100%, in fact I cannot think of a time where I did not get a thoughtful response. Anyway, Tim Ferris talks about this in the "4 hour work week" and says pretty much what I told you. It may be intimidating if you are not in the habit, but people who write books and other literature are usually very happy to hear from readers. Getting a whole hour might be tough, but 10-15 min on the phone is not that hard.