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Through a friend of a friend, I found out that Anthropic had an open position

"Coffee" with the friend of a friend would he better strategy than a cover letter in that case...more work, but better strategy.

Because logically, getting hired requires demonstrating you are "the kind of person we want to work with." Being qualified on paper is not necessarily required.



You basically need to avoid putting your name into the main queue as long as possible. Make them do it manually on their side and keep track of it. If they want you, then you’ll bypass all the crap this way.


More fundamentally, companies only hire people they know.

“Coffee” is a way to meet “a company.”

A letter is not.

Even a letter of introduction.


Companies don't hire people. People hire people.




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