Depth over breadth in applications

Effort and results are not linear. Depth on a few firms beats applications to many.

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  Depth on four firms beats applications to forty

  Most offers come from a few deeply prepared applications, so prepare deeply rather than widely.

  Deciding where to apply, how many applications to make, and how to allocate the weeks before deadlines.

  From The 80/20 Principle · Richard Koch