“I just want a job. I do not care who I work for. I will take any job at any game dev company, anywhere, and I will do anything. And I want to work for YOU.”
I say, let’s flip that into a ‘romance’ scenario:
“I just want a date. I do not care who I date. I will take any date, with anyone. I just need a date and I want to date YOU.”
In either case, the party on the other end needs to feel a bit more special than that… as Ian said, being educated about the industry/company and how you fit there will get you farther.
]]>It doesn’t pull as much weight as you might think. This is one of those areas where asking about hiring does you badly, but not asking doesn’t really buy you much.
]]>While looking for jobs does analogize well with romancing someone, I think the comparison breaks down here — you’re not feigning disinterest, you’re basically saying “wow, you’re a great girl and I’d LOVE to get to know you better, but right now you’re a Senior and I’m a Freshman and I realize it’d be socially awkward for you to date someone younger, but I’d like to be the kind of guy you’re looking for after you graduate and age isn’t an issue anymore.”
And I’m not entirely sure if a line like that would be really romantic, or creepy.
]]>