Stop Substituting Friendship for Networking (and Vice Versa)
by A.A. Newton from Lifehacker on (#5P8V9)
Networking sucks, which means that there's no shortage of advice for ways to make it fun. One of the most common suggestions is: Don't network-make friends instead." But this attitude is shitty in its own way. If you befriend someone for their connections, are you really their friend? (Probably not.)