Two speakers debate whether networking matters after the pandemic shifted us online. People now feel awkward returning to in-person meetings, and many prefer texting to phone calls, creating tension between digital convenience and real connection.
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Now you're seeing, you know, quite a lot amount of people and what would you do? And if you started out, you know, in the past two years, you, you might or might not be actually in a networking settings anymore. Like what do you say is what I think something that you do because I depending on who you talk to, you know, there are some of them that stand by networking. There are a lot of them say, you know, it's a waste of time.
That's true. And it's interesting because a few years ago we used to tell people put down the technology and go out and meet. And then the pandemic happened and we were told, you cannot meet, you must pick up the technology. And now we're at a place of going, well, the tech sort of works in person is kind of better, but I don't know how to do it. It's awkward. So should we set a meeting? Or maybe I'll just text you because people don't like phones anymore either.