Forty applications, zero replies. Silence isn’t a no. It’s a crowded inbox you haven’t beaten yet.

No response usually means nobody read it properly, which is a completely different problem from being turned down. Volume is the obstacle, and the fix is about visibility rather than worth. That distinction matters because one of those you can work on and the other is a verdict you cannot argue with.

Change something measurable on the next ten, the first line, the format, the specific role, whether a person receives it directly. Find one human name to send to rather than a portal. And keep a plain log, because forty attempts with no variation is one attempt repeated.