For the purpose of COP3, I spent some time sending out e-mails and trying to get in contact with individuals in the field I was looking at. I think I could have attempted to contact twenty people in total, and was happy to get replies from three of those. This aside from being an attempt to gather research for my dissertation I found it to also be a valuable lesson in how to contact people, not just to network but to also ask them for help and advice. It seems that in general if people reply it is because they are happy to help and want to be involved with the work you do, whereas people who aren't interested or have too many things to do will simply not reply rather than write you an e-mail tell you so.
A simple lesson overall but a valuable experience in terms of communicating with industry professionals and formatting an appropriate form of written communication including the appropriate etiquette and approach to the topics.
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