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@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ First, thank you for reaching out. People like you help other people make a livi
If you got a link to this post from me that means that I read your email and find it irrelevant for my profile. It usually the case because:
- Your role does not fit my experience. In my last role I led a team of ~70 engineers, managers and product managers in AWS. Is the scope you offer me similar or bigger to it? While I love being hands-on (read [other posts](https://sagivo.com) in my blog) I am not looking to code full-time. Do you really think being an engineer matches my current level and experience?
- You cannot afford me. I don’t like to brag but there are minimum compensation expectations when you’re coming from a FAANG company. [Levels.fyi](https://www.levels.fyi) can give you an idea of what is expected in each level. Can this company offer a similar (or higher) pay to L7/M2 on Facebook/Google/Amazon? And while I’m sure your startup is about to take over the world- I’m not looking to get paid in virtual money stocks.
- I don’t do meetings - my time is important. Yours too. [Time is the only currency we have](https://sagivo.com/startup/2021/04/26/time-is-your-only-money.html). From reading your message I can see that there’s a low chance for a match so let’s save time and skip the meeting.
- **Your role does not fit my experience**. In my last role I led a team of ~70 engineers, managers and product managers in AWS. Is the scope you offer me similar or bigger to it? While I love being hands-on (read [other posts](https://sagivo.com) in my blog) I am not looking to code full-time. Do you really think being an engineer matches my current level and experience?
- **You cannot afford me**. I don’t like to brag but there are minimum compensation expectations when you’re coming from a FAANG company. [Levels.fyi](https://www.levels.fyi) can give you an idea of what is expected in each level. Can this company offer a similar (or higher) pay to L7/M2 on Facebook/Google/Amazon? And while I’m sure your startup is about to take over the world- I’m not looking to get paid in virtual money stocks.
- **I don’t do meetings** My time is important. Yours too. [Time is the only currency we have](https://sagivo.com/startup/2021/04/26/time-is-your-only-money.html). From reading your message I can see that there’s a low chance for a match so let’s save time and skip the meeting.
How can you do better next time?
Investing more in research before reaching out. Spend most of your time on it. Don’t send generic messages to every engineer in your linkedin filter list. First, it will probably piss them off, second you will end up in the spam folder.