👋 Hello Friends!

Welcome to Never Finished — the newsletter for professionals who are done applying to 200+ jobs and getting ghosted.

Each week, I share 3 short ideas to help you land interviews on demand — no résumé roulette required.

Let’s get you moving again.

Last night on Linkedin, you sent a message to someone working at a company you want to join — “Hi, I’m looking for opportunities…”
and knew it was going to get ignored.

Still…

You checked LinkedIn again.
But no reply from them.

So you start thinking—

“Maybe my profile isn’t good enough…”
“Maybe I need more experience…”

But that’s not the problem.

It’s not your experience.

It’s how you’re starting the conversation.

A few weeks ago, a backend engineer with 8+ years of experience reached out to me.

The kind of person teams rely on when things break.

Production goes down—he’s already on the call.
Late at night—he’s fixing it.
Clients escalate—he’s the one handling it.

He’s done this for years.

And yet…

On his profile—just another engineer.

In reality—zero interviews.

When he reached out to me, his ask was simple—

“I’ve messaged 30+ people. Nobody replies.”

I looked at it and told him—

“This is why you’re getting ignored.”

Not your experience.

Your message.

“You’re asking for a job…
before giving them a reason to respond.”

Instead of asking—

“Do you have openings?”

I told him to send this:

“Hi [Name],

I came across your work at [Company].

The way your team handled [specific project] caught my attention.

Curious—how are you currently thinking about [challenge]?”

 He sent it—and got a reply he didn’t get from the last 30 messages.

Not a generic response.
An actual answer.

That one reply turned into a real conversation, led to a referral—and soon, he had an interview scheduled.

A few weeks later—

He got the offer.

A role focused on one system.
Better pay.
No constant escalations pulling him in every night.

And for the first time in a long time—

He wasn’t waiting for something to break.

The easier it is to understand—
the easier it is to reply.
That’s where conversations begin.

Stop sending “I’m looking for opportunities” messages.
Pick one person and make it about their work.
Ask something real.
Start one conversation today.

If you want, just reply to this email with your message—I’ll take a look.

Keep going. You’re Never Finished.

— Ajay