A short advice-focused excerpt in which Ramit Sethi warns against indiscriminate networking and 'desperate' behavior. He urges building a smaller, high-quality VIP network of people who can actually help you get hired, emphasizing strategic relationship building and preparation over volume and random outreach.
Why are you guys going into a bunch of rooms with broke people who are unemployed? Why are you doing that? Why are you grabbing coffee with anyone who will say yes? Is this what it feels like to be desperate? Here's a smarter move. Build a VIP network of people who can actually help you get hired, okay? Focus on strategic relationship building, not volume. Do you all see the pattern I'm talking about today? Less quantity, more quality. Less random clicking. More quiet, hard work behind the scenes. And then when you are ready to pounce, you've done the work.
