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I realised there is a lot of variance in the process and only a small amount of the variance is under my control. So much is outside factors due to random chanc
by eggie5 9y ago
I realised there is a lot of variance in the process and only a small amount of the variance is under my control. So much is outside factors due to random chance. Therefore, I decided that since I have little control over the outcome, then the more effort I put into an application, the more energy/time I waste. So instead I decided to optimise for quantity and not quality. The way I scale it up is to automatically apply to everything on who's hiring monthly posts that have an email address. I have a std email template that I have honed over the months. Otherwise I can apply on a website in under 45 seconds. Every month I'll spend 20 minutes get out at least 30 applications of which 80% will convert to recruiter calls of which about 95% will convert to tech screens of which %10 (I suck at coding puzzles under pressure) will convert to onsites of which 15% will convert to offers.
As long as you diligently use your calendar and keep notes for each company it's pretty easy to manage this.