When I was accepted for my first job, I made the shortlist because of the A's. After the first job, indeed, they were more or less useless. I think especially

When I was accepted for my first job, I made the shortlist because of the A's. After the first job, indeed, they were more or less useless. I think especially for CS or physics students, networking is hard and it is a good exercise to start early. I once read an interesting article where a MIT Professor was quoted. I don't remember his name, but he advised his tech students (especially the tech students!) to visit every party they could find and talk to at least four different persons at each party. Good advice. Networks become more and more important the older you get. For startup founders few things have more value than a good network. Most people I know are techies. Today I would like to know more lawyers, businesspeople, tax experts and designers. And I would like to be able to talk to them in a way that does not sound chinese in their ears (and vice versa).