Be nice to the people you work with. If you can't do that, at least don't be a jerk.
Do your job. Do it well. Your coworkers will know whose code works.
When someone leaves for a new job, get a personal email. Put it in a file somewhere (not in a work computer).
That's networking. It doesn't have to be going to the bar every night with your bros from work. It can just be that people know you, know your work, and have moved on to other places.
Right. I think a lot of people confuse having a network with "NETWORKING" (i.e. going to networking events, asking to have a coffee with one of the hundreds of thousands of people who went to your undergrad but you've never met, etc.). The former is useful; the latter mostly not so. Especially given that during a less-good market like we have now, a networking event is going to be filled with semi-desparate people all looking for jobs.
I think they're giving the answer. You might need to do something else at least for a time--including mostly crappy service sector jobs. But, honestly, even during better times I've relied on my network and you may end up severely disadvantaged if you don't. (Note. Networking doesn't mean going to networking events. It just means keeping in touch with and reaching out to people you've worked with.)
Do your job. Do it well. Your coworkers will know whose code works.
When someone leaves for a new job, get a personal email. Put it in a file somewhere (not in a work computer).
That's networking. It doesn't have to be going to the bar every night with your bros from work. It can just be that people know you, know your work, and have moved on to other places.