A "Thank You" Can Change Your Life
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A single polite email starts a chain: two initial rejections from SitePoint and Apress are followed by a courteous thank-you that triggers a referral to Jim Minel at Rox, leading to publication of Professional JavaScript and then Professional Ajax, an invitation to interview at Google and a hire at Yahoo with a subsequent move to California, plus follow-up books (High Performance JavaScript, Maintainable JavaScript) and speaking gigs — concrete outcomes from one moment of courtesy.
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