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We’re pretentiously writing off social interactions with people who don’t share our nerdy interests

There are a couple of problems with this, one of which is that plenty of normal people do this, too, just for broader interests: there’s a difference of kind, not degree, between someone who only wants to talk about weather, sports, and national politics on the one hand, and someone who only wants to talk about computational biology.

But a side effect of the writing-as-networking strategy is that writing about your other interests gets other people interested.

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You’re not just identifying neighbors in your intellectual ghetto; you’re recruiting more

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Micro-Famous > Famous

When famous, You lose the ability to filter out who you want to talk to, but at least everyone starts the conversation with some context; you’re outsourcing the extroversion to them.

Fame is hard, and it has other costs. But there’s a second alternative: be micro-famous. Mi...

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Networking doesn't work well for introverts

Introversion and a poor ability to recognize people make networking an absolute minefield for introverts. You’re going to have a somewhat painful conversation with someone you don’t know, groping for some sort of common ground, or you’re going to have an even more awkward conversation with someon...

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How to be micro-famous ?

Focus on the micro, not the fame. Micro-fame just means your friends-of-friends have a nonzero chance of knowing who you are and striking up a conversation with you about something mutually interesting.

To an introvert, this is nirvana:

  • You don’t have to introduce yourself to any...

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