Interestingly, you only have to tweak this advice a little bit to make it just as applicable for contacting people you don’t know in the tech industry. (The one about *getting to the ask* is my biggest pet peeve. That and tagging me on LinkedIn posts hoping for a signal boost…) https://t.co/6IjIug5Ttw

@gerardsans Worked as a supermarket checkout chick all through high school. Later when I hit burnout in tech, spent nearly 4 years helping manage a craft shop, helping customers, teaching classes, hiring staff, sweeping the floor…