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Paulina Sygulska on: How to network effectively

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The Paulina article links to a blog post by Jacques. here's the HN discussion of that post:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2245063

So which one of them would you say threw more balls in the air (and caught them afterwards)? (:

I'm actually reading your book right now (took a break to check HN). It's very good, quite impressive really. I've been around a while and I'm learning quite a bit from it. Nice work!

[EDIT: oops, as RiderOfGiraffes points out, I have mistaken his identity]

That's cool.

No, wait, my book? I haven't written a book.

Have I?

So sorry- I confused your handle. This site is such a PITA with my iphone that I didn't trouble to double-check (and the app I bought for it is crashing every time I try to post). After reading your comment I went to a computer and verified that I had, indeed, fucked up.

But, anyway, since I brought it up, the book I'm checking out is here: http://exilelifestyle.com/learn-network-better/ It contains a similar point-of-view as the article here, but, of course, has a lot more depth. Networking is something I'm very bad at, and so I'm interested in learning more about it. I don't want to make a career out of it. I just want to be able to do it well in the appropriate situations. I'm pretty much a social clod left to my natural state.

Great post, worst thing about networking is learning howto approach first. I read somewhere best way to train is to talk to people in a lift. If it all goes pear-shaped at least you have have a few seconds

Once I set myself a challenge of asking "How are you feeling today?" to at least one strange person on the tube a day. Good for getting out of your comfort zone as a networker :)

One more tip: You are networking with the people in the room, not with the ones on your mobile phone.

This makes sense on one level, but it's confusing on another. As a recent transplant to the bay area and an engineer at a big company, I don't feel like I have many "leads" to offer people. But in order to meet people, I need to network. How does one begin the process?

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