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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">NOT another boring cover letter!</h1> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear {HR person},</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you really want to read another boring cover letter, another boring resume/CV, NO, I didnt think so ...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, heres the deal, I can code, trust me ;)&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">So lets skip the boring cover letter/resume&nbsp;stuff and let me tell you, a little about my latest project ...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">it's a predictive analysis algorithm for automatically generating future performance sports selections based upon objectively quanitifiable past performance data.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">... that sounds pretty&nbsp;impressive doesn't it ... </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Now lets talk about exactly <span style="text-decoration: underline;">what it actually is</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">what it actually does</span>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">its a&nbsp;sports fantasy points game&nbsp;prediction tool&nbsp;&nbsp;- for NASCAR's fantasy sports game(NFS), it automatically predicts, the best "picks" for&nbsp;each NASCAR race,&nbsp;within the confines of the NFS game rules.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">NASCAR racing where (almost) every weekend, between mid february and mid november, 43 NASCAR race drivers strap on their helmets and take to the track to determine, who is the #1 stock car driver in the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition to sanctioning the actual event, NASCAR.com runs,&nbsp;likely, the largest fantasy points&nbsp;competition&nbsp;in the sport.&nbsp;I would <span style="text-decoration: underline;">guesstimate</span> that they have several hundred thousand&nbsp;entries competing for their grand prize.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Long story short, to win the competition, you must pick the 5 drivers that score the most fantasy points over the course of a 36 race season. Each driver is assigned a per&nbsp;race cost&nbsp;which fluctuates throughout the season, based upon that driver's performance. You are given a budget and must select 5 drivers for each race within the budget. After each race, all drivers are awarded&nbsp;fantasy points based upon several factors of their in race performance. The player whose drivers accumulate the most fantasy points win.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">- ranking -</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">- selectons -</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">- results -</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Check out <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the app</span> here, you can follow the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">app development project</span> itself (yes, i wrote the project management software too, but thats another story for another day) &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Another thing, worth mentioning, the tech behind this app is nodejs. If you did check out <span style="text-decoration: underline;">my resume-v-00x</span>, you'll notice that&nbsp;I don't have&nbsp;nodejs listed yet as&nbsp;1 of my&nbsp;skills, because this is my first project with it, and I've been using this project to teach myself&nbsp;the framework.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">And if you think, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I could cut it</span>, working on your code base,&nbsp;let me throw in some&nbsp;deal sweeteners -&nbsp;</span></p> <p>] add&nbsp;deal sweeteners</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm hoping that sounds like a pretty&nbsp;sweet deal&nbsp;for your company,&nbsp;if so, Lets talk, you can find my contact details on the aforementioned boring resume. (you see they are good for something),</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading and&nbsp;have yourself an&nbsp;awesome day !!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Regards</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Don</span></p> <p>ps <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">1 last thing - if your worried that&nbsp;i am escaped convict on the lam</span> , &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;====</p> <h1 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h1>