If you're talking to a hiring manager, it's literally their job to hire you. It's probably at least a third of what they're responsible for at their company. Yo

If you're talking to a hiring manager, it's literally their job to hire you. It's probably at least a third of what they're responsible for at their company. You're basically asking them for a "people review" instead of a code review. What you absolutely should do is lay out the basic information quickly and completely for them. """ Hi Name, My name's X and I #{was referred to you by Y, heard about you on Z...} and I'm looking for a $ROLE job. You're interesting because Q. I'm in your area and wondering if you'd be interested in having coffee to talk about the role? I've attached my #{resume, linkedin, github with a note about what project to look at for a code example.} I look forward to hearing from you soon. ~ $NAME $CONTACT_INFO """ That's the information I want to figure out if it's going to be a good use of time or not. You can send me a practice email personally to earl@apolloagriculture.com and I'll give you some feedback, or if you're in Nairobi by some fluke chance we can grab coffee.