Update the-art-of-cold-emailing-how-i-landed-a-job-at-codedex-when-they-werent-even-hiring.mdx

Author: sonnynomnom

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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Over the last 8 years, I did a handful of education-focused gigs – I taught gi
 
 As a Computer Science intended major since middle school, big tech was always the goal post-grad. But after two summers Software-Engineer-interning at big companies, I realized I didn’t feel as passionate about it as I thought I would. The work I competed didn’t feel meaningful, and I learned I didn’t like "enterprise coding" all that much. Most importantly, I did not feel valued by the teams I worked on. 
 
-This is also around the time I changed majors from CS to Design. I liked doing a lot of different types of work, but I didn’t really know what to do with that. I had a mid-collegiate crisis, and literally considered selling stickers at conventions full time. Until one day, it hit me: why not look into startups? 
+This is also when I changed majors from CS to Design. I liked doing many different types of work, but I didn’t really know what to do with that. I had a mid-collegiate crisis and seriously considered selling stickers at conventions full time. Then one day, it hit me: why not look into startups?
 
 Startups seemed like a good fit because you get to wear lots of different hats, create visible impact, and contribute to the company’s work meaningfully. You’ll never guess which startup was top of mind…