jake_dixon•10h agoMost Upvoted

TIL that 'networking' isn't just shaking hands and handing out business cards

I used to think networking was the biggest waste of time, like a fake game where you pretend to care about someone's golf game just to get a job lead. Last year at a local tech meetup in Austin, I got cornered by a guy who builds APIs for a living and we ended up talking for an hour about why his dog hates thunder. No sales pitch, no resume swap, just a real conversation about something dumb and funny. Six months later, he remembered me when his company needed a backend dev and I got a referral. That was the moment it clicked for me, you know? Networking is just making friends who happen to work in your field. Has anyone else had a random chat turn into something big for your career?

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river_rivera458h ago

Making friends who happen to work in your field" is pretty close, but I'd say it's more like making friends who happen to be in your field AND you both know the professional angle is there if you ever need it.