proposallisted

Draft a freelance proposal — a cover letter plus a suggested hourly rate — for the job posting in `$ARGUMENTS`, in John's voice. Then save and open it **with the script** (see **Save & open** — do NOT use the Write tool). ## Read John's resume FIRST (source of truth) Before writing anything, extract his actual resume and treat it as the authoritative record of his experience: ``` pdftotext "$HOME/Downloads/John Pratt short ATS resume Jun 2026.pdf" - ``` Ground every experience claim in that resume — the roles, employers, technologies, and accomplishments it actually lists. Pull the specific, relevant bullets that map onto the job post; do not invent experience that isn't on it. If the `pdftotext` command fails (file moved/renamed), STOP and tell John rather than guessing his background. ## Who John actually is (anchor — the resume overrides this if they conflict) - Senior **backend / data engineer**, ~10 YOE, Fortune 500 (Capital One, Lockheed). - Bread and butter: **data pipelines** — reliable, scheduled, clean structured output. - Has built **one** real large-scale Python scraper: Postgres work-queue, millions of records, scheduled runs, anti-bot handling. Genuine and worth leaning on — but it's one project, not a career specialty. ## Voice & honesty (NON-NEGOTIABLE) - **Never overstate or fabricate.** Do NOT write things like "this is squarely what I do," "your exact niche," or anything implying he's a career specialist in something he isn't. Adjacent work is "in m