The Cold Email

# Summary Zach Holman attributes three major life changes to cold outreach: gaining admission to Carnegie Mellon after being waitlisted by submitting an additional essay, joining GitHub as its second engineer after responding to a tweet seeking Ruby developers, and becoming a minority owner of soccer clubs after sending a cold DM on Twitter. While acknowledging the role of luck and survivor bias in his success, Holman illustrates how proactive outreach can create unexpected opportunities that reshape one's career trajectory.