Turns out yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of the first email I sent as part of my newsletter – when it actually became a newsletter.
I had remembered it earlier but turns out I sat on my Tinyletter account for a few weeks before hitting send. I remember I was nervous. There is something more personal with an email somehow than with a blogpost (for me anyway).
So here we are…10 years and currently 498 emails later!
Just a chap, searching jobs boards, reading job descriptions and bemoaning the lack of improvement for 3653 days. It remains a totally AI free experience (apart from some of the shittier jobs boards.)
In fact my process has barely changed since I wrote about it nine years ago – though the jobs boards searched have changed a little.
I have secured a sponsor for 2027 – thanks Talent Identified – so there will be at least one more year before some AI agent replaces me!
2 responses to “10 years of invading inboxes”
An amazing thing you’ve been doing, Matt! Thank you for it.
I’ve never actually landed a job through the newsletter (despite the odd application!), but I’ve often found myself reading it while happily doing something else and thinking, “Wow, there are so many brilliant things I could be doing with my life.” And that’s been a lovely reminder of just how much interesting and worthwhile work is out there.
But then I think of all the people for whom it has led to the next thing, and the careers, lives, teams and organisations that will have been transformed as a result.
The ripple effects of what you’ve been doing for ten years must be extraordinary. What a brilliant contribution to have made!
I actually suspect your experience is more the norm :) People have definitely got jobs via it but mainly I think people subscribe out of curiousity and interest about what is out there and how the market is moving (and whether their salary is comparable!)