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What? Networking doesn't work?

Jason Alba just posted an idea that is the opposite of what you've heard: Networking doesn't work. The comments should heat up with an incendiary topic like that, but he's onto something. Networking is an indirect path to a job, and it's not as easy as we'd like to think. Even if you keep your commitment to networking, it's worth considering the alternatives and tradeoffs.

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