Outreach templates
Short, informal copy for Reddit launches and messages to friends & family. Copy, paste, tweak the first sentence so it doesn’t sound like a template.
Reddit, show-and-tell
For posts you write yourself in r/cscareerquestions, r/jobs, r/resumes, r/SideProject, Show HN. Lead with the personal story, end with an ask for feedback, never a pitch.
01 · r/cscareerquestions, r/jobs, r/resumes
Spent the last few months building this because my own job search was a mess of spreadsheets and half-written cover letters. It’s a tracker + AI resume tailor + interview prep workspace, all in one place. Free tier lets you save 10 jobs without an account.
Would love brutal feedback, what’s missing, what’s annoying, what you wish it did. Link in comments.
02 · Shorter / casual
Built a thing because I got tired of tracking applications in a Google Sheet. Browser extension grabs the job posting, AI breaks down the requirements, and it tailors your resume per job. Curious what people think, roast it if you want.
gitapplied.com
03 · Show HN / r/SideProject
Made GitApplied, a calmer place to run your job search. Kanban for applications, AI tailoring from your real experience (no hallucinated bullets), interview notes tied to each job. Solo built, would love feedback before I push it harder.
Reddit, peer recommendation
For replies to other people’s threads. The framing matters: you’re a user sharing a tool that helped you, not the founder showing up to promote. Both are technically true.
04 · Reply about tracking applications
I’ve been using GitApplied for this, kanban board, browser extension that grabs job postings from LinkedIn/Indeed/Greenhouse, and it’ll tailor your resume per job. Free for the first 10 saves. Honestly the only thing that’s kept my search organized.
05 · Reply about resume tailoring
If you’re rewriting your resume for every job posting by hand, try GitApplied. It pulls the must-haves from the JD and tailors bullets from your actual experience, doesn’t invent stuff you didn’t do. Saves me a couple hours a week.
Friends & family
The audience that will actually click if you ask them to. Be specific about what you want them to do, “try it” or “share it”, the description is secondary.
06 · Group chat / text, super short
hey! finally launched the thing i’ve been building, gitapplied.com. it’s for tracking job applications + tailoring resumes. would mean a lot if you took a look (or shared with anyone who’s job hunting 🙏)
07 · One-on-one to a friend who’s job hunting
dude, finished the app. it’s basically what i wish i’d had during my last job search. tracker + AI resume tailor + interview prep. try it out and tell me what sucks: gitapplied.com
08 · Longer, for friends/family who’d want context
Hey! Been heads-down on this for a while and it’s finally live: gitapplied.com
It’s a job search workspace, tracks every application, has a browser extension that grabs job postings off LinkedIn/Indeed/etc., and uses AI to tailor your resume per job. Free to try.
Two ways you can help if you’re up for it:
- Try it (even if you’re not job hunting, just poke around) and tell me what’s confusing
- Send it to anyone you know who’s looking
No pressure, but every bit of feedback or share is huge right now ❤️
09 · LinkedIn / professional contacts
Hey [name], wanted to share something I’ve been building: GitApplied (gitapplied.com). It’s a job search workspace, application tracking, AI resume tailoring, interview prep. Would love your thoughts, and if it’d be useful to anyone in your network I’d appreciate the share.
Tone notes
- Don’t say “revolutionary,” “game-changing,” or “AI-powered”, sounds like ads.
- Lead with the problem you had, not the features.
- Reddit hates pure self-promo, frame as feedback-wanted or peer-rec, not a pitch.
- For friends/family, the explicit ask matters more than the description.
- Tweak the first sentence every time, identical openers across subreddits get flagged.