Is there even a point to cover letters anymore?
When applying for a job the thought strikes me. "Okay they are asking for a cover letter. A summary perhaps of why one is applying? Relevant skills?"
So one goes on to put in their best effort and summarizing all the relevant skills, how and why they apply toward the duties on the offer, and finally what information they would require for make a best judgement on the application.
One puts in effort. No "Blablabla, Hello, I'm Human ID. WesternName24.
From the day I WAS BORN; I dreamed to work in RandomCorp. Fixing printers, installing Windows, installing Edge browser on Windows is absolutely my PASSION. And finally, the one thing I could never forget... The reason why I studied C# and C++ for so long and so hard is that since the dawn of man, I saw the future, I knew I had to be ready for ultimate challenge at RandomCorp. Wasting it all vibe coding the entire legacy codebase, the sum effort of hundreds of engineers and tens of thousands of sleepless man hours away into python and generate infinity dollars.
No I don't write Python. But that actually makes me MORE valuable, because petty human bias and applied knowledge that way cannot possibly interfere with the true transcendent thinking made possible by the supreme intelligence of Claude Haiku. The combined sum of all of humanity's wisdom and stupidity.
We both know it, it is DESTINY for me to work at RandomCorp. I know that when you have trouble sleeping at night, you dream of WesternName24, it makes your heart race. The day for the job posting approaches, it is fate. Look within your heart, you know it be true (...)" On and on...
I find this too filler-y.
I'm more of a "To be brief:
This job mentions X, I did X with Y approach.
I've done W for years.
You require Z, I've done Z in case A, and case B. You can also find more examples of Z in this link: LINK "
Until all the relevant information is done.
Is this standard practice? What do you fine folks do? Is it even worth it?