Comments on: Effective Networking (Talk Around the NDA)

By: Effective Networking in the Games Industry (Introduction)

Effective Networking in the Games Industry (Introduction) — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:14:57 +0000

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By: GDC 2010 — Tiny Subversions Tiny Subversions

GDC 2010 — Tiny Subversions Tiny Subversions — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:25:16 +0000

[...] slightly different angles, the late late late nights, the early mornings, the careful euphemisms, the NDA dance, the heroes, the old friends, the new friends, the drinking, the exhaustion, the elation… he [...]

By: Darius Kazemi

Darius Kazemi — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:18:00 +0000

Yeah, I hear ya. As I wrote a few months ago, networking mistakes are an important part of learning.

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:10:00 +0000

Are you sure you aren't on your way to being an anthropologist? ;) I should send some game industry researcher hopefuls your way too.

I think one of the keys that will help folks to network is practice. Talk to people more often. I hate to say how many awkward situations I've seen where an obviously smart developer-hopeful introduces themselves and then the awkward silence begins. It's not fun to watch or be part of. Kind of like poking yourself repeatedly in the eye.

Of course that's usually about the time I start trying to facilitate a conversation... but I digress, and I don't know if that's always a good thing.