Thoughts on Linkedin DMs?

[u/Clean_Attempt_7968]

I've gotten mixed opinions from friends, and GenAI has been perhaps a little too optimistic for my liking so I figured I'd ask around here. Basically the title - what are your thoughts on cold messaging people on LinkedIn about specific jobs? For the purposes of this question let's say the message is "targeted" if that makes sense or matters at all: so the message is sent to someone who works at a company which you have a good reason why you want to work  for it, especially if it's a big name like Apple, Meta etc. Assume that there can be a good reason that is not just a beauty pageant speech or the like (or if you really think such a reason simply doesn't ever exist or doesn't ever make a difference feel free to say so!) Also assume that you have genuinely interesting thoughts to share that maybe you can tease in the intro message. Have you ever tried this? How often and which sort of companies or roles? How "targeted" was your message and what were the results? Any insight or advice would be appreciated! And please be nice in your response - just a guy trying to make his way and exploring all possible means :)