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[Anonymous No.11406060]

27 y/o going back to school. How do I do this networking shit. Got a BS in Biology seven years ago and didn't know about networking. Currently in post bac for Physics and applying this August for MBA. I'm using army money so cost isn't a factor. I spent the past 7 years as infantry if that helps.

[Anonymous No.11406071]

Are you talking about packet switched networks? Or are you asking a bunch of autistic NEETs on a Cambodian basket weaving forum about how to interact with humans?

[Anonymous No.11406126]

>>11406071
Latter

[Anonymous No.11406617]

>>11406060
>when your pic is better discussion than your post
No discussion of photo? Alright then.
/thread

[Anonymous No.11406626]

>>11406126

you are asking US how to interact with other people? Whew.

[Anonymous No.11406635]

>>11406060

Participate in all social events/clubs, initiate social gatherings, don't talk shit about people, try to find ways to flatter people in a sincere way, make sure you look and smell your best, don't be a leech, help others, don't spend all of your time with the people who have 0 ambition and just want to smoke weed/drink, work on extraocular projects, and keep in contact with everyone you know you never know who you might need later on.

[Anonymous No.11406641]

>>11406635

extracurricular*

[Anonymous No.11406644]

>>11406126
>abduct a random human from the street
>take him/her away to some remote location without them knowing where
>lock yourself in in a small room for a day
>force the other have a conversation with you for 4 hours non-stop
>give a meal to the person laced with rohypnol to knock them out
>return them to the location you abducted them from
ez

[Anonymous No.11406652]

>>11406635
>try to find ways to flatter people in a sincere way
The worthwhile ones pick this one up the moment it's airborne.

[Anonymous No.11406665]

>>11406652

There is an important difference between sincere and insincere flattering.

[Anonymous No.11406688]

>>11406665
flat·ter
v. flat·tered, flat·ter·ing, flat·ters
v.tr.
1. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor.
2. To please or gratify the vanity of: "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering" (George Bernard Shaw).
3.
a. To portray favorably: a photograph that flatters its subject.
b. To show off becomingly or advantageously.

[Anonymous No.11406740]

>>11406688
I'm sure you know what he means even if "sincere flattery" doesn't make sense according to the Oxford dictonary. Most people appreciate sincere complimets. I appreciate when people tell me I'm good at something (if I'm actually good at it), that my new haircut looks nice, that they like my humor etc. and it makes me like the person slightly more.

[Anonymous No.11406777]

>>11406688

Ok so I will admit it is not the best word I could have picked. English is not my native language if that is any consolidation.

But consider this.

Would you not rather work for a boss that occasionally compliments your hard work, as opposed to a boss that never says anything positive, and just complains when you do something wrong? I doubt it.

So what I mean is that you should take an interest in other people, and when you find something admirable about them, then you should let them through compliments. You might not take my word for it, but I believe that there are many situations where such compliments do more good to a human than money. And seeing as people are willing to spend 80% of their time working for money, you can probably imagine that people are willing to do more for you when you feed into their ego a little. Albeit in a subtle and sincere way.

[Anonymous No.11407044]

>>11406740
Yes, I strongly agree that most people appreciate sincere compliments, but it was the gaining the advantage part that I was trying to focus on. The people who "can" typically get lots of similar service from multiple directions so they have trouble judging sincerity since most of these do not have the time and the motivation to discern, social standing of course offsets this, by being an established equal or of a higher standing.

>>11406777
Yes, that was better rephrased.

Yes, I would rather work for a superior who acknowledges my work. Also:

>compliments do more good to a human than money

This was what I was looking for, this is a very difficult message to transmit to the people who "can" since typically they do not have the time and effort to spare judging and weaving through words, which is especially true today. In a normal setting of foot-work networking, you are mostly on the disadvantaged standing(since you are trying to sell strangers in on your network).

[Anonymous No.11407090]

>>11406740
>To please or gratify the vanity of
this definition is fitting with the concept of 'sincere flattery'

[Anonymous No.11407157]

>>11406635
i can smell really well thank god i have a chance

[Anonymous No.11407203]

>>11406060
You gotta sniff out the entrepreneurs, and the ones with lots of them in the family.

Forget about the genius good will hunting types, those are usually the wozniaks/wagecucks who think they're the shit for getting 80k/yr from mr shekelberg when they could be making twice as much working for themselves.

Stick with responsible chads. They will hold decision power where they work, and will be willing to give your product a spin when you have one, for old time sake

[Anonymous No.11407298]

la creatura

[Anonymous No.11407321]

>>11406060
Why does he look like that?

[Anonymous No.11407339]

el goblino

[Anonymous No.11407353]

>>11406617
Jerzy Urban

[Anonymous No.11407354]

>>11407339
That's a well known polish jew

[Anonymous No.11407371]

>>11406060
OP pic: Jerzy Urban

[Anonymous No.11407501]

La creatura
Ayy dios mio

[Anonymous No.11407661]

Read how to win friends and influence people by Carnegie OP. Building proper social skills is just as important if not more important than actual technical skills despite what autist code monkeys that are socially retarded on 4chan tell you. Being a programmer is really all you can do if you have 0 social skills since 90% of what interviewers look at is if you can actual function in a group setting.

[Anonymous No.11407689]

>>11406635
Imagine being this pathetic. Holy Shit, living life like this must be painful.

[Anonymous No.11407697]

>>11406644
tried and true method used by microsoft, apple et al.