[JumpCrisscross]

> building an effective network is much harder than it used to be

If you’re in an American city, go to cafes and bars. Be the annoying person who asks what someone does and persist. It’s absolutely annoying. But I’ll also always follow up on it, because that skill in itself is differentiating.

[Citizen_Lame]

Absolutely pathetic. Might as well become worm.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Absolutely pathetic

It seems to be a class-based social more. Among the rich and upper-middle class, approaching someone to introduce yourself isn't unfavourable. If anything, it's seen as a right and children are taught to do it. Among the lower classes it's seen as uncouthe.

You see it strikingly at e.g. birthday parties and galas. (Particularly in the U.K., Western and Southern Europe. Though there, unfortunately, such cold introductions usually aren't enough to cross the barrier. Hence my qualification for this only working in American cities. Also Nordic countries. It even extends to the design of social spaces, with private clubs and even elite airline lounges having chairs face each other while tables at fast food places are more isolated.)

[wormius]

You rang?