Comments on: Notes from a grouchy networker http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/09/10/notes-from-a-grouchy-networker/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:31:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: TJ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/09/10/notes-from-a-grouchy-networker/#comment-135115 TJ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:38:41 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/09/10/notes-from-a-grouchy-networker/#comment-135115 The way networking is portrayed always makes it seem so painful. I wish career advisors would stress the importance of helping people instead. Spending time with powerful people you don't like is frustrating, but helping people can be very fulfilling and actually accomplishes more than meeting others at boring "networking" events. The way networking is portrayed always makes it seem so painful. I wish career advisors would stress the importance of helping people instead. Spending time with powerful people you don't like is frustrating, but helping people can be very fulfilling and actually accomplishes more than meeting others at boring "networking" events.

]]> By: jrandom42 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/09/10/notes-from-a-grouchy-networker/#comment-134253 jrandom42 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:53:15 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/09/10/notes-from-a-grouchy-networker/#comment-134253 If this is what networking really is like, I'd rather stay home, disassemble and reassemble my computer, uninstall and reinstall all my software and enjoy surfing the Internet. I'd be doing something I useful and be enjoying myself more. This sounds more like procedures prohibted by the Supreme Court that fall under the catagory of cruel and unusual punishment. The only reason it doesn't is because it's self inflicted. If this is what networking really is like, I'd rather stay home, disassemble and reassemble my computer, uninstall and reinstall all my software and enjoy surfing the Internet. I'd be doing something I useful and be enjoying myself more.

This sounds more like procedures prohibted by the Supreme Court that fall under the catagory of cruel and unusual punishment. The only reason it doesn't is because it's self inflicted.

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