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A cover letter is your sales pitch. I've never understood why there is so much instruction in them when all you're doing is trying to sell yourself. Write them
by tomc1985 9y ago
A cover letter is your sales pitch. I've never understood why there is so much instruction in them when all you're doing is trying to sell yourself. Write them a sales letter hyping YOU the programmer.
- twobyfour 9y agoTo a lot of people, selling in general is not second nature, and promoting oneself runs against deeply ingrained social strictures about modesty. How DOES one hype oneself without being boastful? How DOES one sell without coming across as fake? What things about oneself WOULD the hiring manager find appealing? These are all questions whose answers are far from obvious to probably the majority of job applicants.