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Daniel
@growing_daniel
The idea of "networking" is a memetic cancer. It makes explicit a sociopathic element of friendship (career benefit), a move that cannibalizes any actual friendship. And no heartfelt sincerity will help you escape it - you are perceived to be networking, therefore you are.
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@powerbottomdad1
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networking is extremely fake. no one going to give you a job for showing up to a tech meetup. they'll give a job to their friends tho. making friends is real but it is Not Networking
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Daniel
@growing_daniel
This is why I break social taboo in person. A sociopathic climber will avoid you if you do this. Somebody who wants friendship (and isn't totally mind cucked) will enjoy the intimacy. Keep your friend group clear of networkers.
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Ramsey Merbert
@4anno
Need to contrast w/ something like an industry forum where people go there for specific help from a spontaneously ordered community like on social media or forums. The forum is designed for directly requesting free consultation that develops into true cooperation and kinship.
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Ramsey Merbert
@4anno
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@growing_daniel
That is a fair point, but from my limited experience could it be the topics are specific and narrowly about programming vs broader issues involving people? Contrasting w/ My experience dropshipping on eBay in HS & meeting all these disparate small business folk eager to aid.
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Ramsey Merbert
@4anno
I think programming especially in narrow bits of process, is likely to have a right or wrong answer vs a more general thing where you’re in murky waters & different approaches yield profit and running a business “optimally” is intuitively subjective? Or maybe cuz it was 2004 lol