"real skills": not sure what you mean by this. Later you say "useful" and "different", is that the intended reading of "real", or is it advice to ignore the pos

"real skills": not sure what you mean by this. Later you say "useful" and "different", is that the intended reading of "real", or is it advice to ignore the poseurs? "make friendships with really smart people. So get out of the dorm room or the library and be social." In my experience, those "really smart people" didn't get that way by the abundant time spent not studying, so isn't more likely that you will find the smart people studying? just a thought.