See whom of your friends have a career on the fringes of what you do or know about. Grab them some coffee and ask what pain points they have about their job or

See whom of your friends have a career on the fringes of what you do or know about. Grab them some coffee and ask what pain points they have about their job or the inefficiencies they see in their workplace. If you show enough enthusiasm and curiosity to solve the things they mention, they can connect you to others in that industry that can open more doors for you. I second not looking to Google to discover these problems. While you will see more bitching than praising on the internets, much of you see will be superficial symptoms of a more serious problem. To understand the true cause you need to talk to people directly and in a way where they can be vulnerable (managers may not say what unsolved problems their companies face if you’re just shopping around for solutions that could possibly benefit their competitors).