Warren Buffet protégé Tracy Britt Cool famously got her job with Buffet by asking for one in a letter in 2009. She said on CNBC Make It that the risk of doing so is pretty low, "so why not try?" While her letter to Buffet helped land her the job, Britt Cool told CNBC that she also wrote letters to executives she admired while still a student. Britt Cool isn't alone in her proactive approach to career building. Britt Cool did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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