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Cold Emails Spark Unexpected Career Opportunities for Users
27 Oct
Summary
- Screenshots of cold emails landing jobs at top companies go viral
- Techie's cold email leads to job at company he reached out to
- Entrepreneur builds relationship with Zerodha co-founder via cold email
In the past few weeks, a new trend has taken over social media, with users posting screenshots of cold emails that unexpectedly shaped their careers. The trend started after a Stockholm-based techie, Eliot, shared a post about a cold email that landed him a job at the company he had reached out to. His post has now crossed over 2.1 million views, encouraging others to share their own success stories.
Soon after, social media users flooded the platform with similar experiences. Among them was Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Dilip Kumar, who revealed how one well-crafted cold email helped him build a professional relationship with Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath. Another user even shared a screenshot of a cold email he had sent to Jeff Bezos, saying that message eventually led to his career at the firm.
These screenshots, ranging from concise professional pitches to bold requests for collaboration, have taken over timelines as each story showcased how a single message can spark unexpected opportunities. The trend serves as an example that sometimes, all you need is the courage to hit send.
