Hi Tony,
My friend's son is a super smart computer science student at Whatsamatta U. He is looking for a job at <Insert FAANG here>. He wants to know where he should send a resume.
Thanks, Billy
Please. Please. No more of these.
To be perfectly honest, if the kid does not realize that they can search for "jobs at ..." and get direct links to the hiring pipeline, then they are probably not cut out for the job at a tech company in the first place.
If you want to ask if they can reach out to me for help with how to write a resume, fine. That is something where I can provide mentoring. I'll be happy to. Just don't ask questions that someone who is "super smart" can figure out on their own.
Maybe they are really asking a different question. Most likely, they are asking "Can you use connections get this child of a friend a job?" Probably not. But if you ask directly, maybe I can explain why.
