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

Author: sonnynomnom

blogs/2026/the-art-of-cold-emailing-how-i-landed-a-job-at-codedex-when-they-werent-even-hiring.mdx

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 ## Some General Tips...
 
-- **Have the audacity, and be delusional.** Own your qualifications and experience, but don’t showboat it. Let your mind think as if you got the job. At risk of sounding harsh: If you don’t believe in yourself, why should a company?
-- **Keep it as short as possible.** People these days hate reading, but even if they didn’t, startup employees specifically literally do not have the time to read that many things. If you can sell yourself and why you’re a fit in a singular paragraph, that’s a win.
+- **Have the audacity, and be a 🤏 delusional.** Own your qualifications and experience, but don’t showboat it. Let your mind think as if you got the job. At risk of sounding harsh: If you don’t believe in yourself, why should a company?
+- **Keep it as short and clear as possible.** People these days hate reading, but even if they didn’t, startup teams literally do not have the time to read that many things. If you can sell yourself and why you’re a fit in a singular paragraph, that’s a win.
 - **Text format, for the skimmers.** Sometimes, unfortunately, people ain’t reading all that. If you caught on, I took advantage of bolding, italicizing, and underlining important phrases and words for clarity, reading efficiency, and emphasis.
 - **Know your worth.** If a company is offering rates that aren’t sustainable (or are asking you to work for free), you should take your talents elsewhere. Getting a job is really hard these days, but working for less than you should be will burn you out and make it hard for you to get quality work done.
-- **Don’t write it with AI.** Especially if they’re a tech company... they’ll know. Seriously.
+- **Do NOT write it with AI.** Especially if they’re a tech company... they’ll know. Seriously.
 
 Lastly, don’t be afraid to shoot your shot. You might anticipate getting ghosted or rejected, but you only need one yes from a company that you already confidently *know* is a fit. Obviously, landing this role wasn’t guaranteed (especially in this job market 😭) but I am truly so so grateful that everything panned out the way that it did. The team is amazing, and so is the work I’m doing. I really can’t imagine working anywhere else.