Programming Digest #462: The painfully shy developer's guide to networking for a better job
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The painfully shy developer's guide to networking for a better job
Look, I get it. A bunch of web developers, recruiters, and vendors standing around in a room eating pizza or drinking beer and making small talk might sound like complete and utter death for you. There may be a million things you'd rather be doing. "Uhh, don't I have a dentist appointment that day? At least then I won't have to talk."
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