Links, nothing but links!

Hello my fellow informational interview friends!

It’s been a while. I’ve been away from my desk participating in the nuptial ceremonies of my younger sister. Tis the season!

Anyways, I’m back at the grindstone and ready to resume spreading the gospel of the informational interview. Many articles are the in the works (including an angsty essay in which I ask: “am I a shill for capitalism?”) That said, today I am share links, nothing but links!

I have a little widget on my browser, and when ever I’m reading an article that I think YOU might benefit from, I save it to notion. I’ve build up such a backlog of articles, that I’ve decided to focus today on the many features, guides, blog posts, etc that I’ve save for you in the last several weeks.

Enjoy!

Emma

On ‘Succession,’ Striving Is the Worst Insult of All - The New York Times

This one hit close to home. As an unrepentant striver and non-aristocrat, I confess I do feel like a kind of cringy person sometimes. But that is how the nepo boss babies want you to feel!

How to Write an Email - by Anne Helen Petersen

Writing a good email is a fine art, and also a very important skills for an informational interview. AHP knows a good email because she’s received a lot of emails in her day. Highly recommend!

The Quiet Luxury of Language — Dror Poleg

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT will make it easier to sound like an elite. In the near term this is great for informational interviewers who speak English as a second language or aren’t fluent in Elite People Speak. Long term the elites will adapt new methods of exclusion.

They May Be Just Acquaintances. They’re Important to You Anyway. - The New York Times

Another take on the “strength of weak ties.” “Weak ties” can help you in your career, and apparently are also good for your social life. Fun.

How to Decline a Job Offer — 5 Tips to Do It Gracefully — The Cut

Just because you go on a date, doesn’t mean you need to put out. And just because you are offered a job, doesn’t mean you need to actually take it. Rejecting a job is great! It means you are saying no to something suboptimal so you can say yes to whatever is meant to be!

The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others — Adam Grant

I wrote Adam Grant an email once and he replied in less than an hour. He is famously helpful and an evangelist for helpfulness as a winning career strategy.

Stripe’s 2022 annual letter — Stripe

You might not think that an annual letter to shareholders could be beautiful, but this one is. Patrick Collison is highly regarded and a great example of the kind of person we should all aspire to work with/for, or you know, just… be!