Trying to network turns me into a nervous idiot. It’s not something I’m naturally good at, and I’m not sure any amount of practice will ever make me completely comfortable with it.
One reason is that it seems pretty self-serving. Sometimes it sounds like a bunch of people on the hunt for others who can give them a leg up in some way.
I did some reading on the subject and it turns out I’m not the only one with this view. The consensus seems to be that networking makes a lot of people who aren’t total extroverts feel uncomfortable and
