This is not a joke. I’ve received so many of these emails. Y’all… a cold email is not a cover letter. I’m not going to spend a second of my time looking at someone’s CV unless I’m considering hiring them. We all get too many emails— don’t waste the precious first few sentences on stuff people don’t care about. Do you see how there’s no context for me caring about this stranger’s theoretical orientation? While this example is relatively short, and I’ve literally gotten pages from people who reall