[TheCapeGreek]

You're not wrong, but all you've ended up describing to the poster is that you don't actually have a network to leverage for finding work - which is what they're advocating for here, not walking into places to hand physical resumes.

[johnnyanmac]

IDK, maybe we should go back to that. At least interaction with a human is guaranteeed.

Netorking has its own problems that are much harder to solve.

[TheCapeGreek]

Perhaps.

For the time being, leveraging a network is still the best way to get hired.

I think in my career so far in ~8 companies and many clients, I only got one of those jobs From a "cold" job posting application. Everything else was at least a soft referral by an acquaintance.