In many books /where /you were on "the net" mattered, and it would take time to traverse. If you were in an upscale shopping district and needed to drop down to the seedy underbelly it would take time and effort to get there.
Part of this creation comes from the real world, and reflects the fact that much was written before the internet existed. Also: a useful literary device.
I've often wondered if it would be "good" if the real net was more like this.
@evan You and I are aligned here, that's great advice.
Implied in your post is "you should write this for a particular job posting" which is huge. I'd rather have nothing than a generic cover letter. When we last posted a job on Indeed we got a _lot_ of "I'm excited to work for your company" with nothing about our specific job or company.
I particularly like how you cover requirements that might not be met. It's a wish list, but if you're missing one completely tell me how you'll be awesome.
Either a lot of people are using ChatGPT to write cover letters, or the correct tone to write them in is now "effervescent teenager" and no one told me.
Note: we did not ask for a cover letter, but provided an optional text area if people wanted to tell us stuff.
So, it's Christmas, my nephew received an ebook reader from a popular retailer. His mom (my sister) suggested I get him some ebooks for Christmas as we've got some overlapping tastes.
This should be easy. Companies should want to make this easy. I have money, he wants stuff... But, he lives in another country.
Friends I will tell you, despite literally owning a global VPN company, and having some idea of what I was getting into, I did not. I ended up buying a gift card.